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Anonymous Mon Apr 11 21:44:17 2016 No.7912566 [Reply] [Original]

Where does one start learning about philosophy
I want to learn about a good portion of it, but I honestly don't know where to start because of all the works that are out there. Thanks guys

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 21:53:07 2016 No.7912585 >>7912566 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/edit?pref=2&pli=1

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 22:30:35 2016 No.7912665 Start with the Greeks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 22:42:25 2016 No.7912693 Read the Apology of Socrates, first of all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 22:44:20 2016 No.7912694 >>7912585 >my main interests in philosophy are Poststructuralism, Structuralism, Critical Theory, Lacanian psychoanalysis, Schelling Stopped reading right there.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 22:46:58 2016 No.7912702 >>7912694 It's just a flowchart-like guide, he doesn't put his own opinions on it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 22:48:57 2016 No.7912709 Anthony Kenny recently wrote an overview that I'm told is quite good to start out with.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 11 23:12:15 2016 No.7912764 >>7912709 This.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 10:25:24 2016 No.7914280 >>7912709 Post a link or something plz.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 10:27:32 2016 No.7914284 >>7914280 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Anthony+Kenny

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 10:27:54 2016 No.7914287 >>7912566 A new history of western philosophy by anthony Kenny. It's over 1000 pages and will do you good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 10:33:00 2016 No.7914299 >>7912566 youtube reading's for gay nerds

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 12:56:28 2016 No.7914726 How do I know when I'm ready to move on from one book to the next? How should I go about reading philosophy?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 13:07:39 2016 No.7914762 >>7914726 When you know the main outline and ideas of X book or dialogue by heart.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 13:11:05 2016 No.7914772 >>7914287 >>7914284 >>7914280 >>7912764 The first volume has some considerable mistakes on it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 13:28:51 2016 No.7914834 >>7914772 >he says something is wrong without providing examples

myfitdiary Tue Apr 12 13:41:47 2016 No.7914869

Whereever your heart takes you desu. Start with something that intrigues you for the lowliest reasons, how to be an edgy cunt, whatever. Start with Stirner. You will probably interpret the Ego as nothing more than individualism taken to the Max. That's ok as long as you don't stop asking questions. Read the stanford wiki of philosophy on him, read a critical essay.. As long as you stay open to new ideas you will arrive sooner or later at Socrates and Kant anyways..

>>	myfitdiary Tue Apr 12 13:44:48 2016 No.7914874 Looking at the history of philosophy as people trying to one up each other for 3k years is beyond pleb anyways. That's some Ayn Rand tier shit.

Anonymous Tue Apr 12 13:49:59 2016 No.7914887

>>7914834
It's in Portuguese: http://filosofar.blogs.sapo.pt/13454.html

But roughly:
- Misconception on Aristotle's formal cause
- Contrary to what Kenny says, Aristotle identified existence with an 'actual' being in the book 5 of Metaphysics
- Contrary to what Kenny says again, Parmenides being doesn't have qualities as water, earth, hot and cold
- Ambiguity in the whole "Socrates existing or not to Aristotle" explanation

>>	myfitdiary Tue Apr 12 13:51:25 2016 No.7914893 >>7914726 >How should I go about reading philosophy? Without dogma and hero worship

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 15:04:24 2016 No.7915109 >>7914726 Based on your questions you shouldn't be reading anything. You'll just get more confused. Philosophy is not for someone who needs answers from others on how to think or approach mental activities.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 15:08:20 2016 No.7915121 >>7915109 >Philosophy is not for someone who needs answers from others on how to think or approach mental activities. U wot m8. That is a very good reason to study philosophy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 15:09:37 2016 No.7915124 >>7912566 Start with the bible Then the Bhagavad Gita Then the Quran There's your philosophy laddy

Anonymous Tue Apr 12 15:13:26 2016 No.7915135

>>7914726
When you've memorized the text verbatim AND memorized verbatim AT LEAST 2 annotated analyses by distinguished philosophy professors whose specialties are the philosopher's text in question, and who are tenured at universities ranked top 10 in philosophicalgourmet. Once you've done this you can move on to the next work, rinse, and repeat.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 12 15:37:16 2016 No.7915214 >>7915121 >That is a very good reason to study philosophy. Not really. It always leads to some kind of fanaticism. The best people suited for reading philosophy are like the people who write it.

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