As every newfag, I didn't know I could use 4chan to find good productive stuff like /lit/. I honestly thought that YA literature was somethig smart and insightful before I got to this board.
Need some good books/authors recommendations on where to start. I recently started reading some of Nietzsche's works and really liked the Übermensch concept.
I've been thinking about reading some of Proust's works as well, but those are the must read ones that everyone knows.
>>7534697
Start with the Greeks.
>>7534714
This. Don't listen to any other answer.
>>7534745
And why is that?
>>7534752
All philosophy since Plato has been one long footnote.
Here OP.
Always start with the Greeks.
>>7534697
Start with the Greeks, but read these for some variation.
>>7534697
The Bible. Regardless of whether you believe it it has good philosophical parables/ discussions.
A different starter kit I've seen around here.
>>7534984
I don't get that chart. Noone talks about those on here. Why even make it?
Get a goodreads and add people from here--it's useful for finding good books to read.
Go in some chart threads as well and read what interests you.
If you're interested in philosophy, read 'The Story of Philosophy' by Bryan Magee.
Starting with the Greeks is good. Fitzgerald is a good translator of Homer.
>>7534990
Swap the Odyssey with the Iliad, and change a few of the translations, then it gets an official thumbs up.
>>7535021
Pessoa?
Look at higher education programs to help you find good translations and secondary lit (on philosophy for example) in Portuguese.
where to after greeks other than that /lit/ chart? russians?
>>7535621
>where to after greeks other than that /lit/ chart? russians?
if you're interested in philosophy, you can either get on with china or with middle aged christians or skip straight to hume-kant-hegel
if you're interested in prose, just go wherever
in poetry, probably get on with the poetic edda and chaucer and shakespeare
>>7535147
Tried reading the Divine Comedy in a Portuguese from Portugal translation and it was just painful, have to stick with the Brazilian Portuguese version anyway.
>>7535672
the romans were trash and produced maybe 4 worthwhile authors if you're being generous, 2 if you're honest
>>7535627
>china
>philosophy
>hume-kant-hegel
>>7535679
are you just randomly greentexting shit or do you have an actual objection?
>>7534697
>I am a newfag
> I honestly thought that YA literature was somethig smart and insightful
> I recently started reading some of Nietzsche's works and really liked the Übermensch concept
like pottery
>>7535627
Any recommendation on Chinese philosophy? I wanted to learn about it a few weeks ago.
>>7535707
Get a Dao De Jing and some commentaries. I'm not so much interested in confucianism but someone around here must be.
>>7535719
>U stoopid
i know u r but what am i
>>7535726
Gay lol
>>7534975
Don't just quote Whitehall out of the blue,
OP, you should start with the Greeks if you're interested in Western Philosophy, as they basically set the foundation for the next 2,000 years of discussion on ethics and metaphysics. Now, most modern philosophers disagree a great deal with some of their teachings, but crucially, they are continually responding to the original source material and building on it. That's not to say the Greeks were wrong either, in fact, they were incredibly astute thinkers.
>>7534991
It's decent "entry level" /lit/ that's a comfortable read that helps introduce you to more classical themes. But /lit/ talks about Catch 22, Lolita, Gatsby, BNW and Catcher in the Rye a lot, and all those other books will be mentioned over the week - it's just a slow board and people tend to push more "university" level books.
