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>insist everyone start with the Greeks
>/lit/ rarely discusses them
Wassup w/ dat?

>> No.6318685

>>6318677
do you want to discuss wether everything is made from either earth, water or fire?

>> No.6318689

>>6318677
Is the world one or many?

>> No.6318690

Because most of what they wrote was wrong, obviously.

>> No.6318699

You don't have to agree with something to discuss them you know.

>>6318685
>>6318689
>>6318690

>> No.6318713

>>6318699
Wrong.

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6318720

You gotta start with the Persians, mate

>> No.6318726

>>6318720
I assume you mean Zoroaster?

>> No.6318784

>>6318726
you mean nietzsche?

>> No.6318829

>>6318713
Uh, please explain your reasoning?

>> No.6318845

Greek threads are the only one I discuss. Especially the plays. Love em.

>> No.6318847

>>6318829
No.

>> No.6318868

>>6318847
You're being obtuse and contrarian, anon.

>> No.6318874

>>6318677
>start with the Greeks

It's a meme, OP.

>> No.6318878

>>6318868
Welcome to philosophy, biatch.

>> No.6318891

>>6318878
That's the opposite of philosophy, anon. Philosophy is about seeking the truth in things, not obfuscating it.

>> No.6318903

>>6318685
obviously water people, how you people not recognise Thales was right all along!

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6318906

>>6318891
>Philosophy is about seeking the truth in things
LOL

>> No.6318913

>>6318906
Uh, please explain your reasoning?

>> No.6318921

>>6318906
This is a low-grade troll. Do not trust what it says.

>> No.6318941

>>6318677
What are you talking about?
Everyday the board is filled with threads on the Greeks.

>> No.6318951

Stoicism has to be the most discussed here. Because, you know, is god-tier.

>> No.6318993
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6318993

>mfw people say that society has progressed since the Greeks
>mfw I say, "so are there more men in the world today filled with the love of truth than there was in Ancient Greece?"
>mfw he looks at me puzzled
>mfw he sincerely thought that technology and other useless things has made men wiser
>mfw all societal "progress" is just the shadows on the cave's walls getting bigger and more fantastic

>mfw people on /mu/ congratulate themselves on listening to recordings of niggers chanting rhyming expletives rhythmically
>mfw music is just an earthly imitation of the celestial music not heard by the ear, and that recorded music is just an imitation of earthly music, so they are listening to imitations of imitations of the true music, and poor imitations at that

>mfw this post is just a manifestation of the heavenly post

>> No.6319010

>implying anyone who actually started with the greeks would spend their precious time posting on an angolan shoe-shining image board

>> No.6319019

>>6318993
Why is all of that funny?

>> No.6319020

>>6318993
>he doesn't understand the cave allegory or plato
>thinks there is some 'truth' to the arts
>doesn't understand that plato was directly referering to greek art, which was always a version of something that had (according to their belief) happened