/lit/ - Literature

Is there anything else worth reading i feel that nothing can top Plato

>"Yes"
>"I agree"
>"That must be so"
>"That's Certainly true, Socrates"
>"Indeed it is"
>"It must be so"
>"Yes"

In what dialogue or book does Plato discuss metaphysics?

Yes

fuck poets

>The ultimate conclusion of spending your life studying philosophy is...that the best life is the philosophic life
>The ideal city is...actually impossible and even if it were it wouldn't be appealing to non-philosophers so whatever go start a liberal democracy--sorry, I meant "polity"
Anyone else feel let down by this? It felt like his thought was building to something more. Also the conclusion that studying philosophy shows that the philosophic life is the best life feels a bit masturbatory.

>Enter Nietzsche
>"fuck you, I'll build a philosophy that actually goes somewhere to fix the mess you created
>goes mad before he can fully develop his ideas
>we're left with obscure self-contradictory ramblings
>interesting as hell to study but definitely feels like it's missing it's missing something, a "true ending"
Where do we go from here?

ITT: People who btfo'd Parmenides and Shankara using pure logic

Reminder that Plato was literally wrong about everything and that you should stop taking this hack seriously. The phrase "all philosophy is a footnote to Plato" should really be rephrased to "all philosophy is a continuous 2000+ years BTFOing of Plato." In the current year of 20 fucking 19 Plato is non-intellectual reading for people on the train to dick around to. So yeah stop taking this hack seriously kthx ^_^

Let me help you with your unreasonable bait, OP.