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I'm a philosophical ignoramus, which I want to rectify. I'm reading pic related for a start. What is /lit/'s required philosophical reading?
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The greeks, if you don't start with the greeks you're another undergrad armchair boi.
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tractatus logico philosophicus (I never read it but it has the most badass name of any philosophy book I've ever seen).
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/edit
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>>8176209
why did you make this post? you're not funny, really. think a little about your next actions.

and don't answer me with irony, you're not funny .
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Read Sartre"s huis clos (no exit). Very interesting and not very hard. Later, when you're reading Marx, you'll see how much influence he had on Sartre's philosophy.
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Read "The Story of Philosophy - Bryan Magee"

Listen to a few philosophy podcasts that interest you here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl

Read Plato's main (popular) dialogues: Euthyphro, Crito, Apology, Phaedo, Meno, Symposium, Republic, Timaeus

Use this for introductions and guidance: http://plato.stanford.edu/

Don't feel as if you have to read everything chronologically, however I'd recommend you at least get a wee bit familiar with these fellas for some girders: Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant
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>>8176127
You mean that it has the most dadjokelatin name.
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>>8176121
>might is right - ragnar redbeard

absolutely will change your life.

>>8176221
get a load of this guy
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>>8176221
You fucking told him!
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>>8176233
This is far too reasonable for this board.
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Phaedrus. Everything is in there.
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Start with the ancients pal!
Get your hands on some Loeb Classical Library texts (as many as you can)
Plato
Aristotle
The Birth of Tragedy
I once had a decent Routledge guide to Ancient/Medieval Philosophy that gave pretty good context as well. Start at the beginning and move forward.
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Just listen to the while reading Kierkegaard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcU0qbV70rU

Then read some Byron and fight in the Syrian War
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Does Walden count as Philosophy? I really like Walden
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>>8176233
I want to second this as really good advice. 'Start with the Greeks' turns out to be more than a meme.
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>>8176121
This isn't a bad start but a lot of plebs, especially /fit/fags, become satisfied with stoicism and never go further.
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As a girl, what book should I start with?
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>people think greek philosophy is better than eastern philosophy
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>>8176878
nigga u gay lmao
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>>8176865
The philosophers stone
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>>8176865
Start with the greeks, philosophy isn't gender-specific.
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>>8176121

hegel, unless you want to wallow in prehistory.
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>>8176865
you should start with the understanding that your gender doesn't mean shit
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>>8176127
nah... go all the way back to the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus first
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>>8177899
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Is the history of western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell any good?
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