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10151498 No.10151498 [Reply] [Original]

How do I into greek philosophy?

>> No.10151525

By starting with the greeks

>> No.10151532

>>10151498
Check out the podcast philosophize this. It's a very basic introduction to various philosophical schools

>> No.10151534

wikipedia

>> No.10151594

>>10151498
just start walking around town asking people uncomfortable questions and asking them to define what faith or courage or literally any other virtue is. Don't let them off the hook when they answer, just keep chasing the trail of "why"s. You'll be a living example of Socrates.

>> No.10151596

>>10151594
don't do this in nigger neighborhood

>> No.10151604

history of philosophy podcast is pretty good. great intro to presocratics

>> No.10151621

>>10151594
There's a preacher that comes and yells at people on my university campus that I do this to. It's pretty hilarious

>> No.10151658

>>10151532
Not op, but thanks anon i will check it out

>> No.10151661

>>10151604
this and there's a The Great Courses on a intro to Greek philosophy and history of the philosophy

but just start with Plato's short dialogues, they're pretty easy to read

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>>10151532
>>10151534
>>10151604
>>10151661
These are for plebs. Start with this

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>>10151498
>>10151498
This book is cheaply available and a fairly comprehensive start.

>> No.10151708

i'm sorry but if you haven't acquired this knowledge by osmosis already, you are a lost cause

>> No.10151781

>>10151658
>>10151686

This. If you're interested in greek philosophy, you shouldn't check out philosophy podcasts about the topic. It's much better to read a bachelors degree worth of literature about ancient history in which 5% of the listed works are texts with greek philosophy in them.

Seriously though, >>10151698 is p good. Also I would just read Plato's dialogues, they're quite fun to read and easy to follow. Euthyphro, apology, crito, meno, phaedo I think are the ones you'll get at most plato 101 courses

>> No.10151940

>>10151686
Is egyptian literature genuinely worth reading? None of the summaries of Egyptian stories I read in school gave me any desire to dive further into their books.