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What do I need to read before reading the existentialist and nihilists? I don't care for all the shit between the Greeks and 1700s. Can you give me an intro to existentialism/nihilism reading list?

>> No.14990576

not being retarded is enough

>> No.14990603

>>14990563
>give me a reading list but don't include what you are going to put on the reading list!

>> No.14990613

Start with sartres nausea and camus stranger. Then broaden yourself with Heidegger, and kierkegaard. You can try existentialist cafe, it's pretty good place to start.

>> No.14990712

>>14990563
Just go straight to the belly of the beast.

>> No.14990725 [DELETED] 

>>14990563

>> No.14990954

>>14990563
no prereqs needed onestly

>> No.14990977
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>> No.14991033

>>14990563
Drink enough alcohol to get your IQ well below 90 (if you're not already there) and you're good to go m8 DESU there aren't any real reqs. If you want to be a bit more rigorous, get yourself acquainted with the ancients (Plato and Aristotle) + the Christians (e.g. Augustine), and early moderns (Descartes, Spinoza, etc.) with either a college-level textbook or some online resource like Stanford and then you can take on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, etc. The big takeaway is that the enlightenment led people to distance themselves from religion, thus creating a need for existentialism, so understanding that context is helpful.

>> No.14991421

What I don't understand about egoists and nihilists and stuff is that there is a huge intersection with communism and anarcho syndicalism. How does that make sense? These ideologies are dichotomous.