>try to read philosophy/ history book >get bored or confused

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>>2613980
>me after watching several of john green's videos

>>2613980
>>2613986
>brainlet 101

I usually find philosophy books hard to follow because of confusing or misleading terminology. I never had problems with history books, they can be very fun depending on the period and thematic.

>>2613980
try an audio book or something instead then

>>2613980
Most philosophy relies heavily on themes/terms discussed by earlier philosophers so it's easy to feel like you're missing a bunch if you haven't read what the philosopher is referring to.

Just read what you want to and if you get bored, put it down. Unless you want to get a broad understanding of philosophy (in which case you should read every major authors major works in chronological order, starting with the greeks) you should just read what you understand/find interesting.

Maybe that will motivate you into getting a broad understanding but it doesn't need to.

>>2614043
>easy to feel like you're missing a bunch

He is missing a bunch. Probably everything worth remembering.

>>2613980
Most modern philosophy isn't philosophy at all

Only the Aristotelian philosophy can be conisdered as genuine philosophy

>>2614189
>muh psy ants

>>2614191
>muh every informattion is not real but the product of my mind
>muh if i blow myself up i'm not killing myself but just having the illusion to kill myself
>muh Noumenon

Kant and his bastard sons are just autists, and the longer they further their "philosophy" the more autistic they become

Modern philosophy is just ever-increasing autism

Make notes, but always put it in your own words. It kind of forces your brain to pay attention.

>>2614201
Fuck off pseud

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>find a book that might be interesting
>1000+ pages

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>>2613980
I know this image is supposed to look funny, but to me it just genuinely looks like body horror to me. I actually feel sick, looking at it. (And not due to it being a brainlet depiction, the reverse with the super fat, pulsating brains makes me feel sick, too.)

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>>2614240

How does this one make you feel?

>>2614480
Dahmer victim?

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>>2613986

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>>2614225
>history book is 500+ pages
>huge margins, line spacing, and font size because it's aimed at a popular audience
>no footnotes or end notes

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>>2614225
>find a book that might be interesting
>120 pages

>>2614526
>when the whole footnote is just the name of a large obscure book

>>2614240
I feel that way too, I don't know why but it bothers me in a very primal level

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>>2614526
>>2614541
>book was written before 1900
>author lapses into French periodically for no reason at all without offering a translation
>later editions don't translate it either