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What book will make me think
>huh that makes sense
Except for mathematics, I've never felt like anything makes sense

>> No.15439612

>>15439611
the qu'ran

>> No.15439649

>>15439611
Maps of meaning by Jordan Peterson

>> No.15439655

Euclid The Elements

>> No.15439858

>>15439612
This but unironically.

>> No.15441079

>>15439858
This but ironically.

>> No.15442102

>>15439611
Plato and Kant

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>>15439611
Ignore all these troll answers. Read this.

>> No.15442250

>>15439655
This and Plato's Timaeus, contrasted with The Holy Bible, Plato's Laws and then this
>>15439612

>> No.15442259

>>15439611
>Except for mathematics, I've never felt like anything makes sense
learn to form your own opinions and ideas

>> No.15442277

>>15442250
Also just read Critias after Timaeus please. Don't forget that.

>> No.15442485

>>15442259
My parents told me to keep quiet and not cause a scene

>> No.15442766

You might have some luck with Aristotle. He rarely transcends into vague areas so most of his ideas are basic yet solid. Also, if you want to understand why mathematics makes you think that way but nothing else does, read Kant's 1st Critique (or at least the final section on the architectonic of sciences). To summarise why, without ever doing justice to Kant:
> Only metaphysics and mathematics can be called synthetic a priori studies, with an important distinction between the two which makes mathematics more apodictic instantly and metaphysics only after reasoning.

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>> No.15442795

>>15439611
I've found Hume to be quite a sense-making philosopher.

>> No.15442821

>>15439611
Biology, Physics and Chemistry are quite sensible and worthy of study. The Dead by James Joyce is probably the most sensible story ever written. He's basically speaking perfectly enclosed, higher-order language.