/lit/ - Literature

>>14240598
you should probably go down a set path. Here's mine personally, it's based on the philosophies that sound appealing and I want to follow. I'll walk you through it:
Plato (The Laws, The Republic)
Aristotle (Metaphysics, politics, Ethics)

both Plato and Aristotle to understand the philosophical basics before getting into anything too complicated later

St. Augustine (City of God)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theological, Political writings)

I'm interested in Christian philosophy and I want a better understanding of Christianity and God.

Julius Evola (Revolt against the modern world)
Réne Gunénon (introduction to the study of Hindu doctrines, Crisis of the modern world)

I'm interested in traditionalist but still am skeptical and want a better understanding. I've also heard you need to start Gunénon by reading hindu doctrines.

George Berkeley (A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous)
Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as will and representation)

I'm also interested in idealism and I'm including a book about Hegel's idealism.

So far I've read Plato's Republic and am reading the laws. I'm getting Political writings by saint Thomas Aquinas, City of God, Revolt against the modern world and Metaphysics, Politics and ethics by Aristotle soon.

>>14240811
>George Berkeley (A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous)
I have actually read this one. It was cool and definitely the sort of thing I'm looking to explore more.

>>14240598
>>14240811
fpbp.

I'm not sure about Evola or Guenon, Evola's alchemy stuff seemed like a waste of time if you've already read Joseph Campbell. As useful as Picatrix or Lesser Key or Crowley.

Would recommend Rene Girard if you're going to read the Greeks-Christians. The Scapegoat or I See Satan Fall Like Lightning.

>Give me something that will help me live a better life.
Unironically read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and if you don't believe then read it as a stoic handbook. Like you would Epictetus.

>>14240838
I was involved with the Catholic church for 19 years. I am wholly unconvinced by their teachings. If I were to delve back into Christianity, I would likely start with looking at Protestantism.

>>14240933
Check out the Submerged Reality -- easy read and a good starting point for lesser known mystics like Bohme and Tomberg.

Mythology by Edith Hamilton -> Illiad -> Odyssey -> the first philosophers the presocratics and sophists-> Plato Complete Works -> Marx -> Whatever the fuck you want

>>14240598
Read “The Metaphysical Club” by Louis Menand. It details the historical contexts that produced American Pragmatism, beginning with the Pre-Civil War era and following through to the late 20th century at and around William James. If you get ahold of Pragmatism in some way, shape, or form early on in your study of philosophy, the way in which you engage with and judge all other philosophies will be drastically enriched. Pragmatism is not a philosophy as such, but a way in which one approaches other philosophies and ideas.

>>14240981(me)
also this >>14240968
pragmatism is based

>>14240937
I'll give it a look, but I'm honestly tired of trying to rationalize following the modern Catholic Church. If the Bible IS the word of God, how can any single word be ignored simply because modern degenerates dislike it? If you are a Christian and you disagree with anything written in the Bible, or your leader (looking at you, Francis) attempts to revise the "real meanings" of passages, I have no respect for your fair weather church. This is why I no longer associate with the Catholic church. People (my parents and relatives included) are happy to talk about how much they love Catholicism, yet they openly support things like homosexual marriage. I don't think it is up to us which passages we choose to listen to. If its in the Bible, it is the word of God and should meticulously followed. I have met no modern Catholics who live like this, so I have chosen to distance myself from the Church.

Thank you for the recommendation, though :)

>>14240598
Start with the Greeks, unironically

Plotinus, Plato, Augustine, Aquinas

>>14240992
You sound incredibly plebby. Have fun not eating shellfish and pork.

I and Thou may be a good one. I personally got bored after 20 pages tho

Palamas, Anselm, Iamblichus, Proclus Damascius, Plotinus, Parmenides, Plato, Plethon, Ficino, Aristotle, Eriugena, Agrippa, Hegel, Mirandola, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Origen, Guenon, Ibn Arabi, Augustine, Denys, Leibniz, Kant, Kydones and Meister Eckhart

>>14241010
No I don't follow the bible myself, I'm just critical of those who call themselves devout Christians but choose to ignore things they find inconvenient.

>>14240598
Homo Abyssus

>>14240598
Read the wiki page on hassidic philosophy. Interesting as fuck.

Kant. All you need. Really and truly. Peace unto you sibling.

>>14241010
>You sound incredibly plebby. Have fun not eating shellfish and pork.
Jesus retconned that shit in the New Testament bro

>>14242350
>Jesus retconned that shit in the New Testament bro
Which passage was this?

>>14242713
>it is not what enters your mouth that defiles you, but rather what proceeds from it

Pretty much Nietzsche to Kant to Deleuze will give you a meta perspective that contextualizes all other philosophy and human thought put together