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right now my Greek reading list is

>five dialogues by plato
>plato's republic
>aristotle's ethics
>aristotle's metaphysics
>aristotle's poetics

>> No.16240690
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>> No.16240717

>>16240690
I've never understood why people read books about books or about other authors

why not just go to the primary source

>> No.16240728

>>16240717
So you read the Greeks in Greek?

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>>16240682

>> No.16240747

>>16240728
no I read it translated to english

>>16240736
.

>> No.16240750

>>16240747
So you just read somebody's interpretation of the primary source?

>> No.16240764

>>16240750
I read a replication of the primary source

>> No.16240933

>>16240764
Since different languages are not identical, the mapping between them is never 1:1. You are reading an interpretation

>> No.16240937

>>16240933
An attempted replication is not a second-hand analysis

>> No.16241151

>>16240682
All of them are worth it, and the order you put them in is a pretty good reading order.

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>> No.16241999

>>16240717
Secondary sources often provide educated alternative interpretations of the work you just read.