What should I read before reading The Word as Will and Representation? I already have a pretty solid background in Plato, if that means anything, but I'm looking to read this next. Can I just dive right in?
>>8173129
DOIVE ON IN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcbkwgnWt-A
If you know Plato and Kant, you're good to go; that's literally all Schopenhauer read.
He's the most direct/straightforward of all German idealists, so if you can't understand him then you're fucked.
>>8173145
Ok sounds good. Do you think I could just read the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy thing on Kant, I'll be okay? Because I don't know if I'm up for reading all of The Critique of Pure Reason right now
>>8173156
Yes, because page one of The Critique of Pure reason will make you feel like a retard; because Kant could not into straightforward prose.
>>8173171
Idiot.
I don't wanna start my own thread. I'm not OP, but where do I start with plato? The only thing I ever see mentioned is the republic and then there's that one book on the chart of entry level lit books called the last days of Socrates. What would be your recommendation, because everyone says that I should read the greeks in order to understand philosophy and although I really never wanted to, I'm starting to think that I should just so I can tackle the sorts of works that I want to be reading like the German philosophers.
>>8173177
Work backwards with Plato.
The Last Days of Socrates is his most accessible work.
>>8173190
that bitch was 4 dollars with amazon prime shipping total cost. Holy fuck my nigga, whoaaaaa. I bought that bitch.
>>8173250
That bitch is gonna blow your mind anon. Get ready to need a fix of Plato's Platonic love cannon from now on cuz his shit will FUG you UP ;D
