What is the best book that is basically written directly as advice on how to live?

What is the best book that is basically written directly as advice on how to live?

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Nicomachean Ethics

depends of what you want to achieve.
the enchiridion is the starting strength of practical philosophy

Candide.

my diary

Meditations.

The Art of Worldy Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian is probably the best I've encountered so far

the bible?

>nobody posted Ulysses
Veeky Forums everi tiem

More like Uselesses

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The Bible is a collection of history books and meditative poems, you craptastic mental retard.

> when in doubt
> post about Ulysses
Freshmen tards everi tiem

the prince

This, but only NT

No better role model than Jesus Christ.

He was kind of a c*** though.

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Notes From The Underground.

Literally how?

Jesus was the opposite of a cunt

Maybe you're thinking of YHWH?

Lazarus's sister was the cunt in that situation

Yourcenar's Mémoires d'Hadrien, although the tone isn't didactic or anything.

Siddhartha

>advice on how to live
You sound Spook'd

Stoner

The Apology.

i've never read these books but i have them and i know little about them but i think its
meditation
thus spoke zarathustra
the myth of sisifus

This

All Dostoyevsky

I've been waiting for that (you) dafuq Veeky Forums what took you so long?

elaborate please

only thing I learnt was to not go for the quiet ones

Here have another

I reread Candide every six months or so

what is candide about

The quickest way?
>Most philosophers are full of shit.
>Happiness is contentedness and contentedness is largely what you make of it.
It's also short and humorous so just buy it and read it.

I read it in an afternoon. For me it's
>do anything you want it'll be fine

Reminds me of Forrest Gump

This

Also i really liked siddhartha by hesse, have yet to read other hesse works

This book was terrible

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The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang. The Chinese title literally translates to The Art of Living- IIRC he says something about western readers needing to be told that living well is actually important as well as how to do it.

This

The Alchemist

Enchirideon by Epictetus

Why? Even though this is a troll, why?

Mein Kampf

Blood Meridian

>be forrest gump

I think following someone throughout their entire life had a strong effect on me.
It was really eye-opening to watch someone relatable become old and then to die.
Reminds you and forces you to look at the fact that that's going to happen to you in some way or another.
And it serves as kind of a guide of what not to do at times. To see what made Willy truly happy vs all the things he did for society that made him miserable

I heard it is a humorous reply to Leibniz's philosophy. Should I have previous knowledge about his work before reading it or can I dive in no probs?

Crito

this

In Search of Lost Time
The Ego and its Own
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the best self-help book ever written, same thing applies to Human, all Too Human.

Nah it's a fictional novella simple to jump into. Reads like a parable