/lit/ - Literature

>>17129946
> more superior
> philosphy
> cant
filtered
/thread

>>17129946
Pro tip: you can't breathe

>>17129953

Reading science books will teach you more about life than reading philosophy. History is also great for reference.

>>17129946
lmao that nigga never heard of philosophy of history
I bet you don't know shit about history OP and you behave as the "omg science is awesome" crowd

>>17129946
You have no hope of understanding history unless you study economics

Which is better, experiencing history or experiencing philosophy?

Old history is bs it’s nice to pretend that it all happened like they say but it’s fantasy

>>17130255
Are you seriously not educating yourself on both?

Ngmi

>>17130277
I am reading both.
Just a rephrasing of the question

>>17129946
I CAN'T FREEZE

>>17130236
that's retarded

>>17130225
>Reading science books will teach you more about life than reading philosophy
Or you can save yourself the time and read Descartes
>>17130236
Intelligent post

>>17130236
retard

>>17130290
Where are you so far? I'm about to catch up with the other sources in Spanish history because i use a different source for each country and in a few days I'll delve into the 14th century.

>>17130324
>>17130296
What makes you think that?

>>17129946
Why not do both?

>>17130336
that's like saying you have no hope of understanding poetry unless you study philology

>>17130331
Don’t talk to the tripfag.

>>17130331
where should I start frend? where did you start with history

>>17130529
I started with Herodotus and read most of the translated primary sources until the age of Charlemagne, then I gave up on finding primary sources and used secondary sources because most medieval chronicles haven't been translated from Latin. I suggest you to use secondary sources because they combine every original source in a coherent narrative anyway, the primary sources are only useful if you're curious to read about the opinion of each side involved in the wars and conflicts of the period. For instance you can understand that the crusaders hated vehemently the Greeks since the very first Crusade and a lot of made up slanders and fake rumors are reported in the accounts of the chroniclers, but the secondary sources barely allude to these. I also read an Italian source for Italian history and a Spanish one to improve my Spanish skills, while I read everything else in English.

>>17130636
Based

>>17130636
How long has this taken you?

>>17130683
I'd say it took me almost a year to make it this far, but I'm reading at least 3 hours a day because my university courses aren't time demanding at the moment and I can attend classes online.

>>17129953
Pro tip: you can't breed

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (PBUH) unified both history and philosophy.

>>17129946
>>Reading history is far more superior than reading philosophy.
If you truly believe this, why did you post your philosophy here for us to read and not history?

>>17130636
/lit/ through and through

>>17129946
If you actually cared about understanding the past rather than just jerking yourself off on an anonymous imageboard, you'd realize the two fields are inseparable. Studying history without knowing at least something about philosophy and economics is a great way to become a redditor who reads nothing but books on le ebig battles of WWII.

>>17130976

>>17130976
obsession with WW2 is a midwit red flag in general.