Required philosophical reading
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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?
The greeks, if you don't start with the greeks you're another undergrad armchair boi.
tractatus logico philosophicus (I never read it but it has the most badass name of any philosophy book I've ever seen).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/edit
>>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 .
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.
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
>>8176127
You mean that it has the most dadjokelatin name.
>>8176221
You fucking told him!
>>8176233
This is far too reasonable for this board.
Phaedrus. Everything is in there.
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.
Just listen to the while reading Kierkegaard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcU0qbV70rU
Then read some Byron and fight in the Syrian War
Does Walden count as Philosophy? I really like Walden
>>8176233
I want to second this as really good advice. 'Start with the Greeks' turns out to be more than a meme.
>>8176121
This isn't a bad start but a lot of plebs, especially /fit/fags, become satisfied with stoicism and never go further.
As a girl, what book should I start with?
>people think greek philosophy is better than eastern philosophy
>>8176878
nigga u gay lmao
>>8176865
The philosophers stone
>>8176865
Start with the greeks, philosophy isn't gender-specific.
>>8176121
hegel, unless you want to wallow in prehistory.
>>8176865
you should start with the understanding that your gender doesn't mean shit
>>8176127
nah... go all the way back to the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus first
Is the history of western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell any good?
