>tfw want to be cultured and intelligent, but when I try to read philosophy it all just seems like mumbo-jumbo
Anyone else? I feel like when I try to get into philosophy, they always take forever to say practically nothing. Do I have have a simple and limited mind?
>>27417903
Depends on the philosopher, you retard.
Nietzsche goes to the point fast almost everytime.
Did you start with the Greeks? It is easier if you read philosophical works in chronological order because each new school's ideas are heavily based on the ideas of previous schools. If you jump straight to the 20th century, philosophical works will have layers upon layers of terminology describing various aspects of the most fundamental questions. It will make no sense at all if you are not familiar with those basic ideas.
>>27417903
philosphy is mostly bullshit , try reading classic literature and make up your own opinions from that
>>27417903
You're pretty much right. It's just cerebral masturbation for the most part
That's because philosophy is just mumbo-jumbo. It really is all just a load of made-up bullshit that tries to be logically consistent. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
>>27418038
This op
Reading a bunch of philosophy won't make you cultured, most people won't be able to relate to it anyway, just as you don't either. Really the best thing anyone can do is read things that interest them, and travel, meet new people, and try new things. The more you interact with others and try to understand them and visit and see new things the more cultured you'll be. You don't have to go far even, if you're in the US, maybe try visiting New Orleans or any other state. The world is full of a lot of history and hard working people.
Philosophy is bullshit. Just people who thought they were smart writing random shit. This becomes pretty apperent by the fact that they mostly disagree with each other. It's really not better than reading religious fiction.
Study theology not philosophy
It's cerebral masterbate as anons said
You want to be cultured, inteligent and wiser?
Cultured => history Books and newspapers (both left and rigth) + wiki for events
Inteligent => Anything related with logic, from pure math logic, to law (If you going to humanities)
Wiser => all of the above + theology (read some passages from the bible from time to time) and classic literature
There was a infopic about greek classics intro books arround here...
Is this wojak a polish hussar?
Tbh they were pure chads of those times (rich, famous, mentally and physically strong) so I doubt there could be any betas in this formation
I just finished Plato's complete works. I've read the Nichomachean Ethics and am now slogging through the Organon. Go chronologically and I feel you should be able to make it eventually.
>>27417903
Here you go OP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie's_World
/pol9k/ & /lit9k/ will disagree,as they should,but it's the most accessible philosophy book I could think of.
>>27419323
>tfw pole and still beta
Kill me
Philosophy isn't bullshit-
The outsider- colin wilson
Zen and the art of motorcyle maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Nausea- Satre
All easy novelish books to get into
You don't learn about philosophy because you want to seem intellectual or cultured, you learn because you have a hunger for wisdom and knowledge.
This is why traditionally philosophy and science were always so interconnected and also why science has natural philosophy as its father.
>>27417903
Try listening to pirated TTC lectures on philosophy.
Also try starting from the beginning with the Greeks. The Dialogues are actually quite funny when you understand them.
>>27417903
Here's some philosophy for ya
Time spent sitting on the computer reading quotes by philosophers is time that should be spent working. Man lives to work. If you do your job and you do it well, you need no advice from dead men as you are already as good a man as you need to be.
>>27417903
what are you reading?
>>27417962
nietzsche's point is that he is a whiny bitch though who can't get over the fact that not everybody is a robot.
There's no point trying to 'get into' philosophy unless you want someone to tell you what to think. Notice that I said 'what'' and not 'how'
>>27418038
>>27418128
Listen to these plebs. Just because you're too dense to understand philosophy doesn't mean it's bullshit.
>>27417903
Philosophy isn't the only interesting thing in the world. Read about science, or history or read novels or whatever grabs you. Don't force yourself into something you're not about.
>>27417903
political philosophy ruined philosophy overall to me
There are maybe five philosophers that are also good writers. You have to wprkntp get the rest of them.
