/lit/ - Literature

>>8858461

>the blog thread consisting entirely of swamp text and meme picture on the literature board

>>8496464

Read at least one college textbook introduction to critical thinking. Start applying the precepts you learn as much as possible.


Read a selection of Montaigne's essays. This will teach you how to think about everyday things using the precepts you learned.


Read a good history of philosophy or two. I suggest Anthony Kenny's history. Also try some lighter books on the subject, like The Stone Reader, Think, etc.

Move-on from the history to topics or philosophers who interest you using primary texts in conjunction with secondary material. The Standford Encylopedia of Philosophy online, and the Blackwell Guides are both excellent resources.

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>>6781556

So I'm going to live alone in a secluded log cabin in the middle of nowhere with no technology for the next several years of my life, doing nothing but reading, writing, meditating and hiking. Here is my current (very incomplete) list of books I'll be taking, mostly just off the top of my head. Question marks mean I specifically want to include something by that author/subject, but I don't know what. Some areas are clearly severely lacking because I don't know jack about them. Some I've already read, but I really want to take them with me. Please suggest more, but only ones you think have serious value, because I do have a physical limit to how many I can take.

http://pastebin.com/9SuJ9vj3

I would really appreciate your suggestions, /lit/. This is going to be an interesting chapter of my life, and I don't want to leave out anything important.

There's no getting off of Philippa Foot's wild thought experiment.

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