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i wanna stop larping and actually read books. any philosophy people here? if there are , can yall recommend me books to start my journey. im thinking of starting with the presocratic era.
 
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i wanna stop larping and actually read books. any philosophy people here? if there are , can yall recommend me books to start my journey. im thinking of starting with the presocratic era.
Plato republic & apology r a good start
 
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i wanna stop larping and actually read books. any philosophy people here? if there are , can yall recommend me books to start my journey. im thinking of starting with the presocratic era.
Mirin effort
 
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wondering the same too

its such a broad subject im not sure where to start

i just bought one of schopenhauers books tho i like that realm of philosophy or whatever

idk if thats a good place to start tho
 
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wondering the same too

its such a broad subject im not sure where to start

i just bought one of schopenhauers books tho i like that realm of philosophy or whatever

idk if thats a good place to start tho
Too complex you wanna start with the Greeks really because everyone else bases their ideas of pre-existing theories
 
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Too complex you wanna start with the Greeks really because everyone else bases their ideas of pre-existing theories
damn thats too bad

im really interested in schopenhauer

what greek stuff should i start with then? ideally the most broad book or whatever cus im desperate to read schopenhauers works
 
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i wanna stop larping and actually read books. any philosophy people here? if there are , can yall recommend me books to start my journey. im thinking of starting with the presocratic era.
jump down the esotericism hole
 
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damn thats too bad

im really interested in schopenhauer

what greek stuff should i start with then? ideally the most broad book or whatever cus im desperate to read schopenhauers works
Republic is a great start
You kinda gotta read a lot to understand Schopenhauer
5 dialogues is also good
Maybe some kant and Hume
What book did u buy?
 
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Republic is a great start
You kinda gotta read a lot to understand Schopenhauer
5 dialogues is also good
Maybe some kant and Hume
What book did u buy?
essays and aphorisms
 
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hermeticism, gnosticism and tantra seem pretty cool lwk
hella cool within it all makes for great reads, crowleys a bigot though
 
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