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>Read Mythology
>Read Illiad and Odyssey
>Read Histories
>Read The First Philosophers (Oxford edition)
>Read Euthyphro > Apologies > Crito > Phaedo (CWs of Plato)
Now where the fuck do I go from there, the /lit? philosophy project doesn't have anything else on the reading order. Do I just read every other dialogue just as it is laid, do I REALLY need to read every single other dialogue in fact?
Plz help a lit bro out :(

>> No.18128264

>>18128189
>>Read Mythology
Lol
>>Read The First Philosophers (Oxford edition)
Garbage. You were supposed to read Graham's.
You were supposed to use the blue chart for starting with the Greeks

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18128271

>>18128189
>not reading Socrates first

>> No.18128273

>>18128189
Go chronologically. Start with Parmenides since in that dialogue Socrates is in his 20s making it the chronological first.

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>>18128264
OP here, you meant this one

>> No.18128434

>>18128273
is there a list of dialogues ordered by Socrates life?

>> No.18128445

>>18128304
No, the one with the blue background that has a "/lit/ official" subtitle or something. It has the correct editions to read for tragedies too

>> No.18128548

>>18128189
You are missing out on the Republic, Timeaus, and Parmenides

>> No.18128605

Should I read Plato in the order that appears in "Plato: Complete Works"?

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>>18128445
this?

>> No.18129271

>>18128189
Just follow the Iamblichean order, then you're free to read whatever you catches your fancy. [First Alcibiades, Gorgias, Phaedo, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, Phaedrus, Symposium, Philebus, Timaeus, and finally, Parmenides] I'd suggest reading the Meno, then the Republic and the Laws after you finish the dialogues set in the syllabus.

>> No.18129321

>>18129271
are you the guy who refuses to read lysis because you didn't find it in "the pyramid texts"?

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>>18128189
I did the same mistake(?) as you when starting out because everyone recommends reading the Trial tetralogy first, but it doesn't make any sense to me. I have no idea how popular this site (plato-dialogues org) is, but it's a blog about the dialogues and honestly the guy's order makes perfect sense to me. (if you go with this reading order i recommend you check out the site - as he explains the order itself - and also the commentaries for the first few dialogues because he talks about Plato's symbolism, which i don't see quite often)

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18130096

why do we let people get away with read like 5 or so works of an author and then claiming they "read" that author. Do you only read All's Well and then claim you read Shakespeare or only read the Inferno and claim you read Dante? nonsense

>> No.18130137

>>18129321
No lol, I'm someone else

>> No.18130165

>>18128189
Are you shitting me, you don't need anything to read Plato, it's as accessible as it gets. A baseline understanding of Greek mythology and culture is enough.