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[Faggot No.16422468]

I'm trying to get into philosophy and also start reading again (non-work related standards/articles etc). Would it be the best to start with the greeks to lay a good foundation? Looking at the broad fields within philosophy I believe that starting from the basics would be a good idea (like learning maths or physics).

Also are there any books for philosophy syllabuses used/created by Unis/colleges online I can look up for book references?

[Faggot No.16423038]

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[Anonymous No.16423097]

>Would it be the best to start with the greeks to lay a good foundation?
Sure, start with Plato's death of Socrates arc (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo).

>Also are there any books for philosophy syllabuses used/created by Unis/colleges online I can look up for book references
The best philosophy reference is https://plato.stanford.edu/about.html

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>>16423097
thanks mate.

>The best philosophy reference is https://plato.stanford.edu/about.html
The website seems like a good place to upload discussion on philosophical principles. I was hoping to find something similar to syllabuses learning institutes uses for their students. For example; if I wanted to start learning philosophy then read works by Plato, or ethics read works by x-y-z etc.
That Stanford encyclopedia is a good tools, but I'm not even at a beginner level so all that high level discourse will be lost on me. Appreciate the help though.

[Anonymous No.16423531]

>>16422468
Anon if you are trying to get back into reading, try the harvard classics one year reading program. You will be able to find a very broad range of texts (prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, greek, roman, muslim, etc) all in a convenient 15-30 minutes a day. You can find all of these texts for free as well, or you can buy the harvard five foot shelf of books, or you can find pre-compiled ebooks on amazon (my choice).

This reading, daily, will take you about a year, and give you a survey of a huge range of literature.
I am not recommending you read this exclusively for a year, when you find something you like go find similar books.

But it's a good program for beginning.

The amazon book I am using is $2.99 and will have you read 4111 pages in a year.

https://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Classics-Year-Liberal-Education-ebook/dp/B00OF9SEYG

[Anonymous No.16423557]

>>16423531
This is today's reading for example.

[Anonymous No.16423588]

>>16423557
is it acompliation of extracts?

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>>16423531
>>16423557
>>16423588
Thanks man. This seems very useful.