Where should I start if I want to read philosophy, /lit/?
>>8208531
start with the greeks
>>8208538
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>>8208538
Should I just dive straight in? Or will that leave me confused?
>>8208544
If you do your research you should be alright. Conceptually it shouldn't be too hard.
>>8208547
Thanks dude
>>8208531
why did you draw over a woman sleeping in bed?
There is more then one way to skin a cat and there are so many ways to start reading philosophy.
So you gotta pick what you want. What kind of philosophy do you want to get into?
I started with Stoicism so I went Seneca -> Aurelius
and then I went on to Epicurean so I read some Epicurus
Philosophy is fairly easy to get into, but sometimes its hard because older people influence newer people.
Or you could just say fuck it I do whatever I want bitch and start on Nietzsche
Descartes. Basic level entry.
>>8208592
I started with Zarathustra because my teacher recommended it, and now I regret that.
>>8208851
Don't do what this guy says, OP. Start with the greeks.
Read this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/mobilebasic?pli=1
Two questions fellow anons:
-Is Plato's republic a good starting point? I've heard that is a boring (i know this is subjective but still) and difficult read
-And is The Republic written from Socrates point of view? It's a transcription of actual socrates dialogues or did plato just used the name of socrates to explain his philosophy?
I've studied philosophy in high school (thanks, Italy), so I will tell you the philosophers whose way of thinking influenced all the philosophers who came after.
Start with Taletes, because he was the first; move to Parmenides and Eraclitus, then Gorgia and in the end the holy trinity: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Then you can also jump the neoplatonics such as Plotino, Ficino etc. and start to read modern philosophers.
>>8209419
>philosophy is quite easy to get into
>first book on the "start with the greeks" chart is 400 pages
>theres 13 books of simular length and it's all just an introduction to help you understand the thoughts and reasoning behind other philosophers
What the fuck
>>8209608
>Falling for the academia meme
>>8209608
Then don't read it and go back to playing vidya fagget
Enter with the Egyptians
