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>Why exactly should I start with the greeks again?

>> No.16740246
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16740246

>Exact.

>> No.16740253

>>16740238


BECAUSE LITERATURE, AND PHILOSOPHY, WERE FOUNDED BY THEM.

>> No.16740260

>>16740238
>He wants reasons
CRINGE

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>>16740253
What Greek poems did Ossian read again?

>> No.16740265

>>16740253
But who founded before.

>> No.16740277

>>16740265
the hyperboreans

>> No.16740287

>>16740238
Because it's an open secret on /lit/ that culture and literature is based on the greeks to a great degree. This goes for all western literature. Therefore by starting with the greeks you will recognize plotlines and references everywhere in your later readings, understand what they are and their origins.

>> No.16740289

>>16740277
Hyperboreans, the.

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>>16740238
>You don't have to, sir. Judging by your formidable presence and physicality you've likely already conceived of the entire corpus of Western philosophy in your mind by means of pure self-reflection and concluded - correctly, I believe - that Plato was right from the start. Have a good day, sir!

>> No.16740374

>>16740287
It's just a very well-formed start. If Chinese, Indian etc etc were more formalized you could start there but the Greeks are intensely metaphysically deep.