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I recently picked up pic related because I want to into philosophy and I've been told these are the basically the classics. What are some other must read books for those who are interested in philosophy? I'm almost done with Meditations by Aurelius and am enjoying it, any recommendations for other stoic philosophers would be appreciated as well.
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where's Philosophical Investigations
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>>7574480
>Dover Thrift
OP, why do you do this

also anything from Diogenes
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>>7574503
I'm a poorfag in college and the Dover Thrift editions were really cheap and highly rated on Amazon. How bad did I fuck up?
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>>7574526
Don't worry about it. It's people complaining because it's the free domain writing and they hate you didn't buy the $20 introduction edition.
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>>7574503
>Anything from Diogenes

Is this a fun joke?
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>>7574480
Anything by Ayn Rand
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>>7574575

More like spot on truth
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>>7574581
>the first and only übermensch

more like the first pepe
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>>7574581
>>7574579

>mfw writing a novel called Diogenes barked
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>>7574480
Start with the Greeks, faggot. Read Homer, the Presocratics, and the Sophists before moving onto Plato and Aristotle, and then read all the major works of Western philosophy in (roughly) chronological order.
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>>7574581
Yeah but u realise all his writings are lost right?
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I only read philosophy that's relevant to what I do.
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>>7574648
/thread
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>>7574688
also:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/pub
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>>7574678
What kind of Philosophy isn't?
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>>7574480
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>>7574480

If you enjoy the Stoics (and you should, they're the tops when it comes to ethical philosophy [as opposed to epistemological philosphy]), then you should also read Epictetus, Seneca, and Cicero.

Avoid Diogenes unless you want to end up that scruffy-ass homeless dude who masturbates under the bridge and urinates on random passers-by.
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the Greeks
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>>7574648
>>7574688
>>7574692
These Anon's are right OP, everyone else in this thread doesn't know shit.
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>>7575135

Including you, desu senpai
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I would start with the Problems of Philosophy by Russell.
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Anything by Plato, Descartes' Meditations, and The Communist Manifesto are nice short works that will give you some grounding in the tradition. at first it can be nice to pump out a few shorter works instead of getting married to a magnum opus right away. There are so many people who had to respond to Plato Descartes and Marx that it will help you immensely later on
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Dump these books in a trash can and get yourself a handbook of mathematical logic, and start with Frege and follow things chronologically. This is the only way.
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>>7575249

/lit/ at its finest, spreading autism wherever possible.
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>>7574692

my love by jove i am saved thank you senpai
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>>7575251
The assholes telling the guy to start with the greeks and go through every fucking shithead since the beginning of time are the only autistic people here. History of philosophy isn't philosophy. Plowing through loosely connected books without focusing on key issues is a waste of time, except if you want to be some highbrow dude wearing a turtleneck and spewing incoherent strings of sounds.
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>>7574480
>>>/his/phil
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>>7574480
>the republic
>not starting with last days of Socrates
you must love making things harder on your self
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