Why is philosophy such a pain to read ? I'm a curious mind and I've read about anything from scientific books to ordinary novels, yet I can't bear philosophy books and it actually makes me cringe. I feel like I'm reading a purged version of a novel with only definition of a subjective point of view. However I really have difficulty understanding why I feel this way and how to correct my point of view.
What books specifically? Some philosophical texts are easier to digest than others
Because you're reading obscurantist pseudo-philosophy from pretentious continentals.
>>7526131
I've been trying Antechrist from Nietzche, the Capitol from Marx and I remember reading Kant.
It feels like I'm just mindlessly reading a chain of ideas meaninglessly, and there's a sense of the work being incomplete as if I was just reading a skeleton. It also often seems pretentious and unilateral. I've also however read fictions from Platon and they felt like any ordinary novel.
>>7526201
>Nietzche
>Kant
You're starting with the wrong books and probably the wrong authors too. Start with something easier.
>>7526201
You aren't digesting the ideas properly. Either due to a lack of vocabulary or attention span. Take one sentence and decipher it until the idea is found, then move on to the next. Slowly you will gain momentum.
>>7526249
I can do it but unlike any other learning material it really seems pointless and I find no enjoyment. On the other hand, trying to perfectly understand a novel and the meaning of everything inside is not tedious at all and really interesting.
However " I don't like philosophy " is an unsatisfying explanation and I'm sure something is simply false with my point of view.
>>7526238
What would be the starters ?
I have some doubts though. Not understanding a science book doesn't make me hate it and I still understand what's behind it, but why is there such a reluctance when it's about philosophy ?
>>7526266
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Pick up with Plato's apology, easiest to start from. Go back to the presocratics after you understand more.
>>7526266
Philosophy deals with thinking, thinking to such a degree as to challenge your current mindset. Reading a novel does not shift your paradigm, philosophy does. You don't like the effort, not the knowledge gained.
>>7526355
I just need to add here that some novels could shift your paradigm, it's just not the norm with the easy reading garbage that the bulk consists of.
>>7526345
Thanks, I'll try starting there then.
>>7526355
Well, I certainly am more guided in a book but it doesn't make them obvious either. Even a " basic " work like The Little Prince has lots of hidden symbolism requiring thinking, and I also need to think if I am reading any kind of theories or learning a discipline.
>>7526121
To read Nietzsche or Kant you need a foundation of ancient and modern philosophy.
Read Plato's short dialogues (Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Phaedo). Read a bit of Republic if you feel up for it.
Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics will expose you to a virtue theory of morality (Nietzsche's morality is also a virtue theory).
For modern phil, you need to understand Descartes meditations, Hume's epistemology, and maybe a book on modern epistemology in general. After Descartes and Hume, Kant will make some sense.
If you just jump into Nietzsche he'll sound like a raving lunatic- not only because he references tons of obscure philosophical shit, but because he does it through poetic metaphors.
You gotta walk before you run
>>7526405
Valued post.
>>7526405
Thanks, I'll keep this in mind.
>>7526121
I too am like this. I try to not read mind corrupting shit.
Try Ride the Tiger by Julius Evola
>>7527463
You need a foundation in traditionalism first.
Bunch of liberals dont understand why this book is a thing
