Will I be able to get a decent overview of Greek philosophy if I
>read modern books on Greek mythology like Edith Hamilton's book
>read modern books on Greek history
>read the works of Greek historians and poets
>read Homer and the work of the tragedians very carefully
>read what people have written about Homer and the tragedians
>read Plato and Aristotle very carefully
>read what people have written about Plato and Aristotle
>>7358227
start with the greeks
I mean yeah.
Don't start with the greeks
>>7358227
You'll miss pre-Classical philosophy but otherwise, you'll be all set.
>>7358227
>will I get an overview of a subject if I exhaustively read its source material and supplement it with extensive modern day analyses
Uh...yeah. Like the other anon said, just toss in some pre socratic and sophist fragments and you're golden.
i dont think so
>>7358227
What are some good books on the topic of Greek history?
Reading the Greeks and reading about the Greeks is no way to go about reading the Greeks
I mean, come on OP
>>7358227
>not reading any per-Socratic stuff
>not reading anything from non-Socratic schools like Epicureanism, Cynicism and Stoicism
>>7358447
The former was already mentioned twice in this thread. The latter is covered in OP's last point.
>>7358227
If you're not reading the Greeks in Greek, you're not reading the Greeks.
