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Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:06:26 2011 No.2290237 [Reply] [Original]

Why did I put off reading Schopenhauer for so long? His works are fantastic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:08:26 2011 No.2290244 philosophy's greatest writer. his short essays are great too. I especially enjoyed the dialogues about religion and death.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:11:25 2011 No.2290253 >>2290244 Just about to start his essay on how to win any argument. Loved his essay on vanity and the sufferings of the world.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:16:25 2011 No.2290261 Nietzsche and Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein are god-tier. I wouldn't bother reading anything else.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:17:25 2011 No.2290266 Because he's a busta.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:18:26 2011 No.2290269 >>2290261 I'd consider reading Kant a prerequisite to reading Schopenhauer.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:19:25 2011 No.2290276 >>2290261 So... no Plato? lol.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:22:26 2011 No.2290287 >>2290276 He's good, a bit insane and not always (but sometimes) a great writer. Nietzsche and Schopenhauer I'd read just for fun because it's actually an enjoyable read.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:23:26 2011 No.2290291 >>2290269 I also think reading Samuel Von Pufendorf prior to Schopenhauer is also very beneficial. They have very similar thoughts on punishment.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:25:25 2011 No.2290296 >>2290261 B. Russell was a greater writer then Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein is over rated.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:26:25 2011 No.2290301 >>2290296 Russells okay. His history of western philosophy is a bit of a let down though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:26:25 2011 No.2290305 his essay on women is surprisingly accurate.this women-hater could write.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:30:25 2011 No.2290312 >>2290305 Anyone else find it interesting that several of the best philosophical writers were also in some respect misogynists?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:31:25 2011 No.2290318 >>2290312 good point. maybe we should be misogynists too?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:31:25 2011 No.2290319 >>2290312 Most great philosophers seem to hate women.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:41:26 2011 No.2290339 File: 46 KB, 339x398, schop.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] One of Schop's good points is that his entire philosophical system is contained in a single book. He also wrote that shit in his 20's

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:46:25 2011 No.2290348 >>2290339 Gotta love a concise philosopher.

>>	listserv !!Wqo2DQRkhKC Sat Dec 31 20:47:26 2011 No.2290353 >>2290348 This.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:56:25 2011 No.2290363 >>2290348 Concise is great. But, you do have to wonder how Schop managed to live the rest of his life knowing that he had figured out the world and the universe when he was in his twenties.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 20:58:25 2011 No.2290365 >>2290363 Well, most manage to live long, full lives after figuring everything out when they hit 14. He probably had few complications.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 21:05:25 2011 No.2290367 >>2290363 You'd be amazed. It's pretty liberating.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 21:25:25 2011 No.2290402 what are some good books for people that are starting to read philosophy?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 21:29:25 2011 No.2290412 >>2290402 Read Russell's History of Western Philosophy for a brief introduction to philosophy and for a sort of map to guide your reading. After that I started with Aristotle and worked my way forward from there.