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14197159 No.14197159 [Reply] [Original]

Hi /lit/

I haven't read much since high school, but I've been craving to start reading again.

I remember really enjoying Albert Camus' "The Stranger", and I figured he'd be a decent place to start. Any recommendations?

>> No.14197166

Myth of Sisyphus
Gatsby
Then read bad boy Joyce

>> No.14197167

>>14197159
start with the greeks

>> No.14197168

>>14197159
Onfray's biography on Camus

>> No.14197177

>>14197167
Which are the greeks?

>> No.14197179

The Fall is a good short book of his if you’re easing yourself in. The Plague is my favorite by Camus, think it best exemplifies what his absurdist principles would look like in practice.

>> No.14197185

>>14197159
Skip this Pseud and go straight to Stirner and nietzsche

>> No.14197207
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>>14197177
Read every book on this chart before you even think about moving to the romans

>> No.14197216

>>14197207
Oh i've already read all these

>> No.14197222

Don't you even dare to pick up any book ever again until you've mastered the entire Greek and Roman canon, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.

>> No.14197229
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>>14197216
oh good time to resume with the romans read all of these then maybe you'll be ready for medieval

>> No.14197243

>>14197229
I've read these too, except for HBO's Rome. I'm blind so I can't watch TV

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>>14197243
this should get you started at least

>> No.14197274

>>14197264
when do I get to read Camus

>> No.14197277

>>14197274
after you've read every single thing on that last chart

>> No.14197284

>>14197159
the play called The Misunderstanding is good. Better than Caligula imho.
I found The Fall a little bit boring.

>> No.14197285

>>14197277
ok :(

>> No.14197291

>>14197207
This is a horrible fucking introductory chart, the only thing it really has is some of the general books on Greece.

>> No.14197301

>>14197207
This is a horrible fucking introductory chart, the only thing it really has is the general Ancient Greece books.

>> No.14197308

>>14197285
Don’t listen to them anon they are idiots, they are dorks. That’s like saying if you want to play guitar you gotta learn to play all guitar music.

>> No.14197313

>>14197207
This is a horrible fucking introductory chart, the only thing it really has is a cool picture of some corinthian columns

>> No.14197317

>>14197274
After you read dostoyevsky
His essays spoil every dosto book

>> No.14197331

>>14197317
No, he's on my list too.

Honestly, I'll take any recommendations for good reads.

>> No.14197362

>>14197274
Just read Camus after the Greeks and looking into Kirkegaard, it would be best if you find yourself a strong understanding of the history of philosophy and philosophy first, as well as in the ideal reading at least a few of the major philosophical works predating Kierkegaard but it's fine. You know what Camus is easy just you can read him just after the Greeks only so far as you know your fair bit about Kierkegaard without spoiling the thrill of reading him.

Have fun anon, don't let your memes be dreams and just read what you want; sensibly of course.

>> No.14197391

>>14197331
Considering how much you've read, every major book of the Bible, or at the least large portions of say the larger books such as Job or Psalms, especially of the New Testament, then read The Sorrows of Young Werther, then Faust. Don't read Faust II until you're at least in your late twenty's and with all the knowledge that has.