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>read the Greeks for two years
>can feel my critical thinking and analytical skills grow significantly
>read Descartes for twenty minutes
>it’s like a switch flipped in me and I realize that the only logical conclusion that can result from serious reflection on the self and existence is that there is a transcendental soul
So is this what all the fuss is about when people tell you to read philosophy?

>> No.18386954

>>18386923
Yes, analytic philosophy helps too same way

>> No.18386960

define transcendental soul

>> No.18386961
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>>18386923
Pretty much yeah. Feelsgood, especially as you transcend to yet high planes of reasoning.

>> No.18387028

>>18386960
Your mind is more than just your physical body

>> No.18387035

>>18386923
Where do I start with him?

>> No.18387046

Greeks are for philosophy
Ossian, righ bhardachd, is for the soul

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>>18386923
>Forgot Epicurus again.
Stupid frog poster

>> No.18387084

>>18387035
Discourse on Method. Part One alone probably contains more wisdom than I have ever encountered in my entire life

>> No.18387088

>>18387059
>ugh dude god lets evil happen
>yes
>ugh no thats ehh... I kneel

>> No.18387164

>>18387088
We were talking about souls

>> No.18387296

>>18386923
>>18387084
I know this feeling anon. Read about Adi Shankara now and you will ascend.

>> No.18387312

>>18387296
based...

>> No.18387315

>>18386923
LOL I was literally just thinking this. Vibecheck

>> No.18387328

>>18387296
Guénon -> Schrodinger -> Adi Shankara for understanding the subject
Feser -> Aquinas -> Aristotle for understanding the object

>> No.18387334

>>18387296
holy based...

>> No.18387366

>>18387328
Based