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>only browse Wikipedia/SEP/IEP for philosophy
>takes 10x less time than reading the primary texts
>absorb the exact same information as the people who read the primary texts, and come to a better understanding than if I had read the primary texts
>am able to have in depth discussion on /lit/ where I usually come out the victor
So what’s the point in actually reading philosophy? Many of you will spend decades learning new languages and devoting yourself to the study of philosophy and yet you come out no wiser than me in the end. No other discipline does this. Nobody reads Euclid or Pythagoras or Newton to come to an understanding of their ideas, they look to a textbook instead. Why are philosophers then so adamant about reading the primary texts?

>> No.15209247

>>15209243
desd

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15209274

We have the same thread very week. nice Nagatoro though.

>> No.15209284

>>15209243
>in-depth discussion on /lit/
you are clinically retarded

>> No.15209289

>>15209243
If these things could have been so simply omitted without losing on substance, do you not think that the philosophers themselves would have written much shorter books?
>am able to have in depth discussion on /lit/ where I usually come out the victor
"Man with half the facts debates man with no facts whatsoever"

>> No.15209303

>>15209243
fuck off Kenneth Brown you pseud
you don't actually know what you're talking about

>> No.15209333

>>15209243
the point is that despite your extensive wikipedia knowledge you still post anime, automatically invalidating everything you say

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15209339

>>15209243
I'd let her brap on me if you know what I'm saying

>> No.15209347

>>15209289
No, you retard. It’s much harder to explain an idea you personally came up with rather than an idea you read with the advantage of hindsight. That’s why philosophers are so redundant and repetitive in their writing: they’re still developing their thought as they write, whereas a person explaining their ideas in an encyclopaedia has the advantage of hindsight.
Moreover, Plato only had the presocratics to look back on. An encyclopaedia explaining Plato has the whole of subsequent philosophy to help interpret him and explain his ideas more succinctly than he even could.

>> No.15209354

>>15209243
true
>>15209289
>If these things could have been so simply omitted without losing on substance, do you not think that the philosophers themselves would have written much shorter books?
no. refrain from posting until you've familiarized yourself with the subject matter.

>> No.15209363

Neck yourself pedophile

>> No.15209371

>>15209243
>>am able to have in depth discussion on /lit/ where I usually come out the victor
Do you really think discussion on /lit/ is in depth or that the goal of a philosophical discussion is to be victorious? If yes, you didnt understand shit.

>> No.15209984

It's true regarding SEP
But IEP and wikipedia can be way too superficial

>> No.15210035

>>15209243
>10x less
Sure that'd be 0,1x less or 1/10th as long?

>> No.15210137

>>15209243
I mean this in the sincerest way possible: your post is terribly ignorant, your world is small, your stakes are low, and you have contributed nothing to the soul of humanity by verbalizing these meager thoughts. Find a rope and a rafter as soon as possible.

>> No.15210817

>>15209243
i don't even read and i'm always win discussions with /lit/
even /tv/ has better takes of the things that they waste their time on

>> No.15210854

>>15210035
What’s the difference?