Do I really have to read the greeks? I've read up to plato and I dont wanna read the greeks anymore

no, it takes seconds to google the greek reference and to skim through a wikipedia article about it

This is the only good greeks chart

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relax, just read whatever you want

OP, my aerobics instructor girlfriend was just saying how odd it would be for somebody to actually study the Greeks and then want to stop, you know, if he really was understanding everything, now, now, have you got any ideas about why she should tell me a funny thing like that?

Ignore this guy. He's either trolling or a pretentious nigger/faggot

please remove this degenerate image from my board.
I know it's clever and funny to make such neckbeard humor but perhaps you should save it for Reddit.

our Lord and savior Jesus Christ should inspire and teach us, not this trash

Where does one start with Aristotle?

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As user already pointed out you skipped everything retard. Might as well cut your losses and kill yourself asap.

he also skipped Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

just read "history of western philosophy" by bertrand russell, fuck Yea Forums

John Ackrill: Aristotle the Philosopher

Most people who try to get into very old philosophers end up falling completely flat in their understanding without guidance from secondary literature to introduce them to the context of the work.

Yes you are. That's like hopping from Chaucer to Thomas Hobbes.
Jacob Klein - Aristotle, An Introduction
As far as actually reading Aristotle, the correct way is to start with the Organon, but most people don't have the patience for that, so you can go ahead and just read Nicomachian Ethics first instead.

can't find the Klein text halp

discord.gg/wpS4K2D

I have it in a collection of essays called "Ancients and Moderns", but I'm aware that volume is somewhat rare. Did some preliminary searching and wow, it is actually pretty hard to find, but it appears to be included in Klein's "Lectures and Essays" which is available on libgen. Hope that helps.

you don't need that shit, don't be obtuse

You do from the perspective that you're missing out on some great literature by needlessly skipping everything.

That's actually a poor chart considering that Thucydides never wrote about the last years of the war which were covered by Xenophon

No you don't you fucking retard. Not even academics read everything. Just pick up the fucking book you want to read and read it. Noone read everything because it is impossible. Even if you lived with no job and read all day you would not read everything that has a value. As years go there are more and more lit and it is impossible to read it all.

that might be, still I doubt he didn't enjoy some back entrance fun from time to time

#Triggered

>he actually read pedo

the fucking madman. how was it?

"Start with the Greeks" has been around way longer than mongolian basketweaving boards

cope

Don't start with the greeks.
That's a newboy mistake
Start with the Americans.

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>my board
lol

you don't have to, read the city of god and confessions then you will know enough to be intelligent, after that if you still feel great maybe divine comedie.

Reminder that if you only read Homer and Plato you know almost nothing about how the Greeks in the classical period actually thought and acted. Herodotus, Thucydides, Aechylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes and Euripides are just as, if not more, important and interesting

>everything
That user hardly mentioned "everything". All he mentioned was really basic shit, just a handful of the most basic names in Greek literature. lol if you think that's a lot

If you don't like Play-Doh there's no hope for you

Why are chartfags so autistic?

Bro Aristotle is right there. It'll all be worth it.