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What comes after these two? The Start With the Greeks chart is trash.

Do I check out some Greek philosophy or what?

>> No.9426403

I can sense you are hurt. You are hurt by /lit/. You are no longer your former self. I know it hurts, I really do. /lit/ shouldn't do this to you. You shouldn't have to do this. You won't get smarter.

Forget about the stupid Greeks. They are meanies. You should read whatever you like.

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>>9426392
>follows 'start with the Greeks'
>thinks he's finished after just the Iliad and the Odyssey

>> No.9426473

>>9426392
Homer is just the groudwork for fully appreciating Plato (Hesiod helps too). Now your journey of philosophy can begin.

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>>9426392
>I watched The Avengers but I don't feel smarter
>yo I sat through Pacific Rim but my IQ is the same!!!
>Transformers didn't educate me at all

Homer is not supposed to make you smarter. Iliad and Odyssey are mood music for starting with the Greeks. Graves' The Greek Myths will give you more mythical context and some speculation on their meaning. If you really want to keep going, read Herodotus/Thucydides/Xenophon. Or skip to Livy/Plutarch/Tacitus and get with the Romans. If you want to get to the getting-smart material, read Plato and watch the pre-Socratics get BTFO.

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>he fell for the greek meme