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Anonymous Mon Sep 13 09:31:19 2021 No.19040279 [Reply] [Original]

Give me the truth and nothing else, /lit/: i'm almost 27 and i'm still a midwit with very little reading done and near 0 understanding of philosophy. Is it over for me, or can i still make it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 09:32:32 2021 No.19040284 Quit browsing /lit/ and start browsing wikipedia.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 09:34:40 2021 No.19040291 File: 38 KB, 760x428, hania.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] just fap

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 09:57:44 2021 No.19040371 File: 175 KB, 1000x824, Start_with_the_greeks.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:01:31 2021 No.19040381 >>19040371 What do the colored lines mean?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:05:03 2021 No.19040391 >>19040381 *lines of color

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:08:02 2021 No.19040402 File: 2.27 MB, 1920x6361, 1630768835604.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:12:29 2021 No.19040423 >>19040391 kek

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:13:12 2021 No.19040424 >>19040371 >Doesn't include the Anabasis Why even post this

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:15:43 2021 No.19040434 >>19040279 >i'm almost 27 >0 understanding of philosophy This is an incredibly good thing—do NOT ruin your streak now. I highly advise you to instead invest your time into literature, poetry, history and science.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:39:28 2021 No.19040535 >>19040434 But all these are always full of philosophical bits and heaviky influenced by philosophy.

Anonymous Mon Sep 13 10:56:55 2021 No.19040604

>>19040279
>>19040434
don't listen to this idiot. all of those things are good to read, including philosophy. just don't filter yourself by reading too much heavy philosophy all at once.
you can start reading and learning at any time OP, it's not too late.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:00:38 2021 No.19040621 >>19040434 This Anon you are blessed Just enjoy your ignorance

>>	favorite herb Mon Sep 13 11:03:05 2021 No.19040643 >>19040535 Philosophy is just a type of literature/mythology. May as well just read the source material.

>>	favorite herb Mon Sep 13 11:05:18 2021 No.19040658 >>19040434 Listen to this man, for he is wise beyond all our years. Philosophy is the coldest and most disenchanting of all the sciences, it only damages the soul.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:06:33 2021 No.19040665 I think its the perfect age to start reading more difficult stuff. (you could even postpone it for 2-3 years) Your mind is more mature by now and you'll get it easier.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:22:43 2021 No.19040759 >>19040658 >Philosophy is the coldest and most disenchanting of all the sciences, Why?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:25:41 2021 No.19040772 >>19040643 Philosophy is the source material you failure as a pot smoker

>>	favorite herb Mon Sep 13 11:26:06 2021 No.19040775 >>19040759 Hamlet, Act 1, Sc 5

>>	favorite herb Mon Sep 13 11:28:21 2021 No.19040786 >>19040772 >story telling and myth were born out of philosophy Not even Plato thought this, retard.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:28:53 2021 No.19040789 >>19040434 Based

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:30:11 2021 No.19040796 >>19040279 Wisdom isn't exactly a young person thing, believe it or not.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:30:54 2021 No.19040801 >>19040786 No you Mingus. Story telling and myth are philosophy. Why do you think people who dig Phil are so into Greek tragedy?

favorite herb Mon Sep 13 11:38:42 2021 No.19040843
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>>19040801
>"story telling is philosophy"
>pic rel is philosophy according to les philosophes
This is why you don't do philosophy, kids—it makes you lose grip on quotidian reality and turns you into a retard.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 11:40:18 2021 No.19040848 >>19040434 This man is speaking Truth.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 12:00:58 2021 No.19040967 >>19040279 You have to try to find out. Whether it is over for you, or whether can you still make it, I have no fucking clue. Stop wasting your time seeking validation and start reading

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 12:05:07 2021 No.19040988 >>19040843 Yes! There's so much in there it's crazy!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:21:34 2021 No.19041508 Philosophy is pointless by definition. The moment is becomes applicable to real world it becomes science and ceases being philosophy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:25:55 2021 No.19041536 >>19040434 Ok I'll be back soon lads

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:26:42 2021 No.19041543 >>19040279 Make what?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:31:23 2021 No.19041577 Start with first year college textbook, or if that's too much at first, try an Oxford "Short Introduction To". This is usually good advice for almost any academic subject.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:33:09 2021 No.19041593 >>19041543 it

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:35:23 2021 No.19041613 start with Copleston's History of Philosophy Vol. 1, then you can jump up to Descartes and then to Spinoza (end here)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:36:34 2021 No.19041621 >>19041593 Chasing a vague idea of success will get you nowhere

Anonymous Mon Sep 13 13:38:13 2021 No.19041628

>>19041508
>Philosophy is pointless by definition.
Au contraire, it contains all kinds of points.

>The moment is becomes applicable to real world it becomes science and ceases being philosophy.
Do theoretical physics departments know this? Just what does define the scientific method, anyway?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 15:32:56 2021 No.19042282 >>19040621 >ignorance Because you totally need a book to tell you what to think, right? Reading philosophy is for retards.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 15:47:54 2021 No.19042351 >>19040371 Is mythology by Edith Hamilton worth reading?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 16:01:22 2021 No.19042414 >>19042282 >NOOO, I CAN'T READ A TEXT WITHOUT ASSUMING IT ALL AS MY OWN OPINION what kind of retard...?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 16:02:13 2021 No.19042417 what would you have achieved if you had read philosophy lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 19:50:15 2021 No.19043883 >>19040279 yes

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 19:55:52 2021 No.19043928 >>19040279 Definitely not too late for you but you do need to start reading now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 13 20:02:18 2021 No.19043971 File: 32 KB, 500x269, nogod.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the entire western philosophical canon unironically basically culminated with pic related

Anonymous Mon Sep 13 20:17:16 2021 No.19044048

Do not ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. Greatness comes from honesty and humility.

You are a composite of all that came before you, and they are all forgotten. Remember that eventually you will be nothing, and be forgotten, and that this shit here won’t last past the rapture.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 14 02:45:39 2021 No.19045790 >>19040434 Filtered

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 14 02:55:57 2021 No.19045834 >>19040279 Find a truth that is true for you

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 14 02:59:48 2021 No.19045853 >>19040279 yeah sure anon you can make it in as far as anyone can make it which is to say they can't

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 14 07:10:16 2021 No.19046708 File: 350 KB, 2048x1372, Valley of Dry Bones.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19040284 hmm.great-site.net

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 14 07:15:23 2021 No.19046736 Philosophy is useless. Billions of people are able to get by without reading it. What percentage of the population do you think has a good grasp of philosophy? 2%? And they are academian parasites who don't do real work.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 14 07:20:59 2021 No.19046762 >>19042351 Yes, it's not terribly long either.

Anonymous Tue Sep 14 07:26:15 2021 No.19046792

>>19046736
What a bizzare take, like many others in this thread.
Surely philosophy is useful to some, despite no being useful to most?
And although you say that billions get by without it (which seems strange as there are billions of those with religious faith, a certain flavour of philosophy), does the massive increase in mental illness not seem to be an indicator of something contrary?

Anonymous Tue Sep 14 07:55:09 2021 No.19046945

>>19046792
Unfortunately you got BTFO anon, philosophy is a midwit trap
When somebody asks "What's 2+2" and your answer is "Define 2" or "Define plus" you may make some philosophical point about the nature of knowledge but you contribute nothing to the actual topic at hand
This is the essence of philosophy

Anonymous Tue Sep 14 08:07:59 2021 No.19046983

>>19046945
I consider philosophy to be more impactful and generally more important from most for the development of the soul, rather than metaphysical/epistemological questions that you're giving there.
Modern philosophy has all but abandoned the cultivation of the virtues, a stark contrast from earlier philosophers.
Classical foundationalism was a mistake.

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