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>First, I would suggest a general textbook to start. Something that includes the Presocratics and Plato and Aristotle et al and has commentary.
>Then I would read up on Platonic interpretation. This article is a nice start:
>Http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~davpy35701/text/platonic-interps.pdf
>Next, start reading Plato fully including his epistles. And after that, Aristotle. Commentaries, ancient and modern, are often useful.
>If you start getting bored, I would suggest Pierre Hadot for general inspiration. If you liked the Presocratics, you might try Kingsley as well.
>Make sure to read about the other philosophical schools and not concentrate exclusively on Plato and Aristotle either. Stoics are a big influence on Neoplatonism.
>For the hope of greater Eastern/Western dialogue, also supplement with The Shape of Ancient Thought. Maybe contemporaneous Eastern texts too.
>For Neoplatonism, I suggest Iamblichus, Plotinus, Proclus, Poryphory, and Pseudo-Dionysius. Once again, secondary works recommended.
>Finally, I would suggest Algiz Uzdavinys for a general geneaology of Neoplatonism.
>And if you're still hungry for more get into Hermeticism and Gnosticism and Arabs and Medievals and Renaissance.