Programming engineer by trade , I never really delve into philosophy and the humanities, but as I leave my adolescence behind, I find my thirst for knowledge ever so increasing. I ask: what would be the best course for learning philosophy? I've been led to believe that I should start with the Greeks, but how far should I go? I've already read Symposium and The Republic; currently reading The Laws.
Should I move on to next? Nietzsche? Schopenhauer?
All I ask is your take on the path of wisdom through recommendation.
> currently reading The Laws The absolute madman, you should read the Laws mast as it is the last dialogue written by Plato. After Plato move on to Aristotle.
Kevin Powell
read the apology also 2 books isnt knowing the greeks
Jayden Flores
So you're suggesting I should read his work chronologically? Makes sense, thanks.
Henry Jackson
I didn't say I know the Greeks only led to believe I should start with the Greeks.
Ryan Edwards
Yeah, read some early dialogues, then the dialogues regarding the death of Socrates then some late works (Timaeus, the Sophist, Parmenides ...)
Anthony Garcia
Will do, thanks user
Josiah Hall
pre-socratics good
everything else bad
Austin Reyes
Sorry to ask here OP but anyone got recs for how to into linguistic philosophy
Daniel Ortiz
Yo, gonna recommend The First Philosophers by Waterfield. It's a collection of the works of the Pre-Plato greek philosophers. You can also get The Presocratics published by Penguin but their translations are hit and miss. If you wanted to start in full with the greeks, then >Homer >Herodotus >Thucydides >Apollodorus >Hesoid >Aeschylus >Sophocles >Euripides >Aristophanes >Pindar >Archimedes >Hippocrates >Sappho >Xenophon >Aesop >Euclid >Meander >Theophrastus
If you wanted just philosophy, then >Plato >Aristotle >Epicurus >Plutarch >Plotinus >Plutarch
What ever happened to this guy? The other parts of the project were never finished.
Joseph Ward
he's probably dead I killed him
Jonathan Brown
Just what I needed. Thank you
Carson Gomez
Start with de Saussure, then Benveniste, Coseriu and Chomsky. That will provide a good basic overview. If you are into literary theory/linguistics applied to literature, read Propp, Shklovski, Jakobson, Mukarovsky, Lotman, etc.
Oliver Morris
Honestly I'd start with Arthur Herman's "The Cave and the Light". He gives a great overview of western thought. You'll have a general idea of the big thinkers and can go back and read what interests you from there. Aristotle's nichomacean ethics is my personal favorite from the Greeks though.
Gabriel Phillips
HE SAID HES A PROGRAMMER JUST READ KANT AND CALL IT A DAY READ WE HAVE OUR OWN MODERN PHILOSOPHERS CALLED PEOPLE WHO PROGRAM WITH THE FUNCTIONAL PARADIGM
Jordan Collins
Sounds interesting, I'll be sure to take a look, thanks
Christopher Gutierrez
stop confusing the republic with the empire with the kingdom you fucking retarded shit. it was kingdom then republic then empire. you see chauvinists posting pics like this when the SPQR is a republic, the senates ruled it and SPQR literally means the senates and the people
My point is that if you decided to read the Greeks you should stick with it for a bit longer untill you move to more modern philosophy, since you mentioned Nietzsche and Schopenhauer.
