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“Fun” Philosophy Books? Anonymous Wed Apr 13 20:08:18 2022 No.20219840 [Reply] [Original]

Which philosophers attempt to at least make their work entertaining to read?

>Thus Spoke Zarathustra
>Fear and Trembling
>Plato’s Dialogues

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 20:17:12 2022 No.20219887 >>20219840 Emerson’s essays

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 20:21:25 2022 No.20219900 >>20219887 This is a joke, right?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 20:45:56 2022 No.20220016 >>20219900 that's a good answer

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 20:51:12 2022 No.20220041 >>20219840 the poetry in and thus spoke zarathustra was so good in german, idk how good the translations are

Anonymous Wed Apr 13 20:58:31 2022 No.20220071

>>20219840
how aboot Carlyle?

Pascals Pensees is also fun given that its basically a collection of notes and aphorisms jotted down. Its a real shame he never got to compile them properly, because even unedited, the format is really entertaining and snappy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 21:02:57 2022 No.20220097 File: 52 KB, 311x475, Sartor Resartus.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20219840

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 22:18:17 2022 No.20220434 zoom zoom haha

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 13 22:45:49 2022 No.20220558 Thorstein Veblen's "The Theory of the Leisure Class" is hysterically funny A+ recommendation

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 02:00:48 2022 No.20221288 >>20219840 La Rochefoucauld’s maxims

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 02:05:04 2022 No.20221306 >>20219840 > Zarathustra I always found Birth of Tragedy to be N’s most enjoyable. I am no overman :(

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 03:06:31 2022 No.20221468 To a degree, Bastiat's "Economic Sophisms" are pretty fun.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 03:07:18 2022 No.20221469 Why are so many orangutan babies sick

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 03:07:36 2022 No.20221471 >>20219840 Ludwig Wittgenstein

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 03:42:38 2022 No.20221542 File: 987 KB, 1125x2436, 704B181A-615E-45F2-9CF7-EFB5845ED3A4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20221471

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 04:40:56 2022 No.20221674 >>20221542 This reeks of an ass sniffer larping as a mathematician

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 04:53:45 2022 No.20221697 >>20219840 The Antichrist is a pretty fun read too. You should check it out

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 14 07:27:21 2022 No.20222066 >>20221697 Also Might makes Right, it’s unintentionally hilarious, especially when he goes on an over the top diatribe against workers

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