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start with the greeks reading list Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:07:59 2021 No.18721013 [Reply] [Original]

is there a more comprehensive list in chronological order? aren't the /lit/ lists derived from the most read greek works? there must be some that are missing, so i wanted to know if there is a more comprehensive 'start with the greeks' list. thanks.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:10:31 2021 No.18721028 the standard rule is you start and end with Parmenides. There's no reason to read anything that came before or after him as none of it will matter anymore after you've read him.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:12:18 2021 No.18721037 the standard rule is you start and end with Heraclitus. There's no reason to read anything that came before or after him as none of it will matter anymore after you've read him.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:16:22 2021 No.18721063 >>18721013 Contrary to what /lit/ pseuds say, you should start and end with the Bible. There's no reason to read anything that came before or after it as none of it will matter anymore after you've read it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:20:09 2021 No.18721077 >>18721028 This actually. I unironically started with the pre-socratic eleatics only to return to them years later.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:27:58 2021 No.18721110 >>18721028 This, there is no greater truth to be found anywhere.

Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:44:30 2021 No.18721206
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>>18721013
the standard rule is you start and end with having sex.

There's no reason to read anything that came before or after losing your virginity as none of it will matter anymore after you've lost it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:46:36 2021 No.18721217 >>18721013 the standard rule is you start and end with Plotinus. There's no reason to read anything that came before or after him as none of it will matter anymore after you've read him.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:47:26 2021 No.18721223 >>18721013 god i wish she was my wife

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:51:01 2021 No.18721243 >>18721217 *Plato

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:53:45 2021 No.18721263 >>18721243 Plotinus quotes the important stuff

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 20:59:50 2021 No.18721298 the standard rule is you start and end with Epicurus. There's no reason to read anything that came before or after him as none of it will matter anymore after you've read him.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 21:12:04 2021 No.18721355 File: 62 KB, 633x758, 675fbf80eabf11721c93f345a156b40f.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18721298 >>18721217 >>18721206 >>18721037 >>18721028

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 21:16:45 2021 No.18721386 >>18721355 These are mostly shitposts with meme philosophers. The real answer is unironically Parmenides and the Eleatic bros. They'll change your mind and change everything for you.

>>	Laura Numeroff !BmHtx5LcGM Sun Jul 25 21:18:50 2021 No.18721396 the standard rule is you start and end with BOOBA. There's no reason to squeeze anything that came before or after them as none of it will matter anymore after you've squeezed them.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 21:27:30 2021 No.18721450 >>18721355 These are mostly shitposts with meme philosophers. The real answer is unironically Aristotle and the Peripatetic bros. They'll change your mind and change everything for you.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 21:31:16 2021 No.18721467 the standard rule is you start and end with Epictetus. There's no reason to read anything that came before or after him as none of it will matter anymore after you've read him.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 22:49:06 2021 No.18721891 >>18721013 those are some damn fine chesticles

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 25 23:05:34 2021 No.18721962 File: 569 KB, 633x944, 1404664544133.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18721028 >Parmenides >start >end

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:16:53 2021 No.18722269 File: 506 KB, 2048x1536, 7CDF0B3B-2C15-4649-B1F8-DB6EA8654B04.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18721013 My list. Has some Bronze Age stuff in there too. 1/2

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:18:19 2021 No.18722274 File: 459 KB, 2048x1536, C8CD11E4-04E0-4A95-AFD9-2A0BDC61497A.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18722269 2/2. That’s all I’ve read so far, it’s still a work in progress.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:22:30 2021 No.18722295 >>18722269 >>18722274 very wise, anon

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:29:36 2021 No.18722329 File: 1.07 MB, 2388x1142, 1622180042075.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18721013 ffs this board needs to just quit procrastinating and start somewhere, anywhere

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:31:53 2021 No.18722339 >>18721028 parmenides of elea? or parmenides by plato

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:44:17 2021 No.18722407 >>18722269 Stories From Ancient Caanan was a lot of fun. I assume you are following part of the “begin with the Bronze Age” and third Greeks chart from the lit wiki? I’m doing same.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:46:35 2021 No.18722416 >>18721386 How did he change your mind and what changed in your life after you read him?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 00:47:41 2021 No.18722423 File: 287 KB, 920x1277, 1627237248358.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bump Can someone improve upon this, please?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 01:00:00 2021 No.18722495 >>18721013 just read whatever you want to. let your passion guide you. If you don't enjoy the greeks, it wasn't meant for you. That is ok

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 01:59:14 2021 No.18722695 >>18722407 It’s amalgamated from various lit charts, book lists and the Literature and History podcast.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 02:20:22 2021 No.18722766 >>18721013 start with the sumerians

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 02:44:08 2021 No.18722831 >>18721013 Sauce?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 10:03:33 2021 No.18724103 File: 139 KB, 750x882, ED0k5LrWkAAYWjX.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] does anyone know what the difference is between graves & hamilton? does one gain anything from reading graves if you have mythology?

Anonymous Mon Jul 26 10:06:02 2021 No.18724111
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>>18721013
Check Bloom's list. Although he later admitted that he included it because of publisher's request, it's a solid starter.
http://sonic.net/~rteeter/grtbloom.html

Alternatively you can go with PICREL as well.

Both of these are way better than any list /lit/ would give you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 10:12:34 2021 No.18724135 File: 222 KB, 1000x577, f22.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18721013 BOOBA

« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS Mon Jul 26 10:19:01 2021 No.18724159
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>>18724103
His interpretation is fanciful but reasonable. He’s also more thorough even if you leave off those parts. Hamilton doesn’t go over as much

Anonymous Mon Jul 26 13:19:16 2021 No.18724984

>>18724103
>>18724159
Graves also goes more into the Joseph Campbell style musings on what the myths represent. “This demigod started out as a fertility figure and shifted into this other form over time, this myth probably refers to a tribal chieftain” kind of thing. A bit outdated, but still interesting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 13:22:52 2021 No.18725013 >>18721013 goddess of booba...I kneel

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 14:41:08 2021 No.18725442 File: 405 KB, 1440x2223, Screenshot_20210718-110636__01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18724111 Is that a required reading list? How much is that worth were you to buy the physical versions of those books, and not get them from libgen?

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