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It suddenly hits you that philosophy is just another form of escapism for you, regardless of its extrinsic merit

>> No.11519487

i hate philosophy now

>> No.11520360

>>11519481
Unless you read philosophers who encourage you to change the world though action.

>> No.11520367

>>11520360
and then do nothing about it

>> No.11520394

WHAT IS PHI<L>>OSOOHY

>> No.11520398

>>11519481
Congratulations, anon. Philosophy is gay.

>> No.11520418

>>11520367
based and redpilled

>> No.11520421

>>11519481
Wat is escapism anon

>> No.11520439
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>>11519481
>realise philosophy is pointless
>start reading philosophy about how philosophy is pointless
>realise that this philosophy about how philosophy is pointless is even more pointless than normal philosophy
any philosophy for this feel bros?

>> No.11520442

>>11520439
Start with the Greeks

>> No.11520455

>>11520442
Th-thanks

>> No.11520488

>>11520439
>pressing the reset button

Read, in this order: Plato, Aristotle, and da Vinci. Afterwards re-read rhetoric. Once that’s done begin observing social phenomena and take notes.

Good luck, faggot

>> No.11520508

>>11520488
> Aristotle
HA

>> No.11520515

>>11520488
>hit the reset button
>inevitably come to the exact same conclusions again
What now?

>> No.11520553

>>11520515
START WITH THE GREEKS MOTHERFUCKER

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>>11520515

>> No.11520564

>>11520553
>tfw you can now comprehend philosophy as Greek-unfolding
>the beginning and the end become the same infinite process of starting with the greeks
>eventually you will be reincarnated as Thales and invent philosophy

>> No.11520592

>>11520564
It's me bro

Thales

>> No.11520620

>>11520439
I'd recommend it to you, but it's pointless

>> No.11520734

4chan is escapism too

>> No.11520750

>>11520564
sounds Hegelian to me

>> No.11520759

only read philosophers whose ideas have some sense of beauty in them; some logicians count in here too. reading philosophy to "learn" is absolutely midwit tier

>> No.11520802

this thread made me take back all my liberry books and stop visinting goodreads thank a lot

>> No.11520908

>>11520759

People who read in order to improve their standing in society are brainlets of the highest order.

>> No.11520914

wtf i'm a frog now

>> No.11521687

>>11520515
Realise that Plato was right and finished philosophy before it even began.

>> No.11521728

>>11521687
well, he did a terrible job at finishing then

>> No.11521774

When you suddenly realize /lit/ itself is the greatest and purest piece of literature mankind ever created

>> No.11521790

>>11521774
you posting here pretty much prevents it from being pure or great

>> No.11521833

Read Candide by Voltaire and start studying stem