/lit/ - Literature

>hanging out with roommate and her younger sister who still lives with her parents
>roommate mentions to her sister that I’m very interested in philosophy
>sister says I am too, I love it
>really? I say, trying to cloak the skepticism in my voice. Whom do you read?
>oh, her sister says, she has a ton of books, tell him
>well, she says, I have books on the stoics and the cynics, I have read all of Plato I think and a lot of Aristotle
>look at her dryly, anyone besides Greeks?
>I have Nietzsche and I like him a lot, he’s very interesting, it would be neat if I could find a mentor on him
>what about reason-based philosophers? Like Russell, or Popper?
>she shakes her head and says she’s not familiar with them
Mfw
There are still people who think it is philosophy to read ramblings and never actually touch on the advances of serious thought