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21506755 No.21506755 [Reply] [Original]

Do I have to start with the Greeks? Why can't I just start with the American Founding Fathers??

>> No.21506788

>>21506755
Because they unironically started with the Greeks

>> No.21506798

>>21506755
stupid fucking frogposter

>> No.21506799

>>21506755
Do you start watching a two hour movie at the 1h30m mark, too?

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21506810

>>21506788
>>21506798
>>21506799
But the Greeks are.. boring

>> No.21506821

you can start with philosophy where ever you want because its just pseud word games with 0 predictive power
>b-but you NEED to know what did aristotle think about origins of animals!
>and you NEED to know what did plato think about.. caves!
>a-and random hobo #123123 spent 700 pages defining a chair! and in the end he failed!!!
lmao grow up kid

>> No.21507172

>>21506810

Are the epics boring?
Are the tragedies and comedies boring?
Are the fathers of philosophy boring? They fucking write in dialogue you nigger subhuman imbecile.
If you actually opened a fucking book once, you absolute shittiest of pieces of shit, maybe you would escape your midwitery. If you got filtered by Homer, even Jesus fucking Christ almighty can’t help you. Consider suicide you lowest of the low.

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>>21507172
S-sorry /lit/

>> No.21507255

>>21506755
read whatever interests you, nobody has a complete understanding of all philosophy, the greeks won't help you understand modern philosophy, kant will be difficult wheather you read plato or not. Reading what others say is correct will be a painful expirience where you become "intelligent" but not usefully intelligent as you won't have read any unique books. You will have read what everyone else has read.

If you are interested in the founding fathers, read the founding fathers.

>> No.21507265

If you are interested in the founding fathers, a basic understanding of the Greeks might teach you how not to be an anglo-masonic scumbag instead

>> No.21507273

>>21506821
>philosophy has 0 predictive power
all science is applied epistemology and you owe your continued existence as a worthless specimen of subhumanity to the Greeks and all of the Masters that have come after them for building the foundations you ignorantly and misguidedly shit upon

>> No.21507282

>>21506755
You don’t have to, but if you start with modern works you won’t understand how shit they compared to the classics.

>> No.21507301

>>21507172
Thank you for speaking for all of us.