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Was he a proto-communist or proto-fascist?

Can I just jump straight to, say, Wittgenstein?

what's some good secondary reading on plato?

>>13113312
Philosophy can often enhance your experience of fiction (or art more generally). Try reading some aesthetics and philosophy of literature.

Not to mention, a lot of fiction uses philosophy for its themes, so reading philosophy can aid your understanding of this aspect of fictional stories.

Finally, there is quite a bit of philosophical fiction out there. Try out Dostoyevsky, Camus, or pic related.

Any reason why he was such a goddamn fucking retard? God, I hate this bastard. I want to cave this bastard's skull in. Look at this picture. Don't he look like a fucking caveman too?

Where to start with Plato?
Do I have to read something else before him?

>>12359532
Hmm.

i feel extremely stupid for saying this. but i get nothing of value from reading the greeks or really any philosopher. i learn nothing. i get nothing. i apply nothing. the main feeling i get when reading philosophy is how fucking arbitrary, useless, and pointless everything feels. philosophy is just a big, long winding road to fucking nowhere.

posting a third rate philosopher