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how would an individual who has zero formal education go about to studying Western philosophy? is there a textbook I can read to begin my journey for enlightenment?

>> No.22484376

commence with the Hellenes

>> No.22484387

>>22484371
who moved my cheese?
I'm just tryin' to help...

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>>22484371
start with the based
>Descartes
>Stirner
All you will ever ever need

>> No.22484395

>>22484371
Start with the Greeks.

>> No.22484611

>>22484371
Quantum Psychology, Robert Anton Wilson.

Here's a taste:
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/robert-anton-wilson-left-and-right-a-non-euclidean-perspective

>> No.22484713

>>22484371
Go to Library Genesis.
Enter the name of the books you'll find on any Western Canon list.

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>>22484392
>descartes

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I’m a 28 year old who dropped out of middle-school. Started with Plato’s dialogues this year, then I read Heraclitus’ Fragments. I want to finish the rest of the Pre-Socratics before I get back to Plato. Am I on the right path? Also what are you anons’ thoughts on the Cambridge Companion series?

>> No.22484929

Are you trying to make him the laughing stock of the philosophy community?

>> No.22484935

>studying philosophy

Why would you want to?

>> No.22485346

>>22484371
I started seven or eight years ago with Kant.

>> No.22485363

>>22484773

Yes. It sounds like you're actually starting with the Greeks and are actively reading. You even have a certain early preference (Heraclitus), which is a good thing, and it sounds like you're curious about secondary lit, which will give you at least some angles on things that you probably haven't thought of.

I liked Waterfield as a presocratics reader but tbqh I just breezed through it for the basics, reading for pleasure and didn't pay especially close attention. Mentally I over-simplified it to "this guy likes water", "this guy likes fire" etc. Some anons don't like Waterfield, there's others.

>> No.22485373

>>22484371
Read Hutchins' book the Great Conversation.