always start with the greeks
I don't understand this meme. The greeks were horribly wrong about a lot of things and had fundamental misconceptions about the nature of the world.
That's like telling someone who wants to study chemistry to start with the alchemists.
>>7407447
jesus fuck
>>7407448
This isn't an answer.
>>7407447
live long enough to see your own stopid
>>7407447
>That's like telling someone who wants to study chemistry to start with the alchemists.
It's not really the same with philosophy, though I guess a lot of "analytical" philosophy feels like stand-alone works that you don't really need to trace to the source to make sense of.
In my experience that is.
>>7407447
That is why you do not speak about philosophy until you reach the end (Hegel)
>>7407447
>>7407447
So? They wrote great literature.
>>7407447
This poster is the perfect example of what happens to you when you don't start with the Greeks.You become someone who makes many faulty assumptions.
>>7407477
your age being kind of irrelevant but ok, no one did it like the greeks m8
>>7407482
I wish this was the law.
>>7407501
Well that poster said I need to live longer to see how stupid I am.
>no one did it like the greeks m8
This isn't an argument.
>>7407477
Read Kegels.
>>7407477
>Nearly every single philosophical book can be read and perfectly understood without context.
ayy
>he didn't meet with the minoans
>he didn't parlay with the parthians
>he didn't simmer with the Sumerians
>he didn't enter with the Etruscans
>>7407506
we'll all be considerd monkey-brianz in time m8, i didnt argue that it was, strawman m8
>>7407497
>I've read Hegel and I confess some of his writings go over my head,
That is why you need to start with the greeks.
>>7407447
>>7407447
>How to trigger /lit/ in one easy step
>>7407447
They were also right about a lot of shit too you tool.
>>7407447
>fundamental misconceptions
So you're saying they must be wrong about everything
>I don't understand this meme.
Therefore you must not understand anything
Why then should we accept your opinion?
>>7407598
Euthyphro: I cannot follow what you're saying, Socrates.
>>7407447
This person illustrates perfectly what the problem is with the "start with the greeks" meme. The meme implies that the greeks are this monolithic philosophical construct as opposed to an ongoing philosophical conversation so degenerates like this read Aristotle or parts of Plato and say "the Greeks were wrong about everything lul"
> he doesn't shill Aristotelian virtue ethics on the internet
>>7407613
I just read Euthyphro earlier this evening. Well played sir.
>>7407613
Underrated humour
>>7407447
I would tell you that those grapes are indeed sour, OP, but you probably wouldn't get it.
>>7407613
kek'd
>>7407656
Wow I did too
What'd you think?
Also, can someone fill me in on what it means to be akin to daedulus?
>>7408537
According to ancient Greek mythology, Daedulus carved wooden statues that appeared so real that they even appeared to move. Plato used the reference to say each is accusing the other of "moving the goalposts" or otherwise changing what the argument is, what the language they are using means, etc. The allusion also carries with it the connotation that this is being done in a deceitful manner, as the wooden statues caused their observers to be deceived.
so basically, you just read the greeks to understand whatever random ass reference is made by whoever?
Is philosophy so unimportant and lacks so much substance that it's basically namedropping and quoting: the field?
>>7408576
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. It leads to that contextually buy I just wanted to be sure
>>7408537
I found it pretty funny really. It almost seems like Socrates is trolling for amusement.
>>7408603
Modern /lit/, everyone.
What should I check out if I want to read about the Cynics? I want to read homeless people philosophy but obviously a lot of it has been lost
He looks like Orson Welles
>>7409409
That is appropriate dress for the time, eric blair was a filthy poorfag
>>7407555
hi, can i habe a dozen red rozes, please
Did the man who started the Greeks start with the Greeks?
>>7409512
I'm sorry to go on a tangent here, but Hopkins is one ugly motherfucker
I started with YA novels and I turned out just fine. Don't fall for this meme.
>>7409415
I mean the actual facial appearance
>>7407613
Fucking cheeky little cunt.
>>7408603
Yes
