How does one study philosophy? I bought Plato's dialogues

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>>2712179

I would start with the Presocratics, and go from there. Much of Plato's as well as Aristotle's work is based off of these early philosophers..

>>2712179
Start with light info about Plato and after reading alot of supplementary material explaining and examining his work, read plato.

Have a guide from the nice folks at /lit/. Pretty comprehensive, offers plenty of secondary literature to complement the original writings.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/edit?pli=1

Might wanna simplify it to a list of whichever texts you feel like reading/studying, by the way, just for easier reference (the doc's like 82 pages, takes a while to load and scroll to wherever you're trying to get).

>>2712179
there's these great starter books that have tons comic-book illustrations that explain things easily.

"philosophy for beginners" by Richard Osborne

If you know exactly what interests you and just want the means to understand a particular text there's books called Readers.

https://www.amazon.com/Nietzsches-Beyond-Good-Evil-Readers/dp/0826473644/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493090820&sr=1-6&keywords=Reader+beyond+good+and+evil

Granted some Readers are better than others, but you can do your own research.

>>2712179
By doing it practically
Shall we?
I'll start.
What does it mean for something to be good?

>>2712406
>What does it mean for something to be good?

That is has three edges.

>>2712416
What is it about three edges that's better than other properties?

>>2712406
That it reflects the Divine.

>>2712423

Three is more than two, and fewer than four (the number of Satan).

>>2712428
this is the only correct answer.

>>2712428
What Divine?
As in the triune, omnipotent, omniscient, omni-present omni-benevolent god whose son has two simultaneous natures and of whom Mary is Theotokos?
Or some other Divine?

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>>2712179
Use this guide, read up on the pre-Socratics

>>2712429
What is it about more that makes something better? Isn't there goodness in simplicity, and therefore diminution?

>>2712434
>As in the triune, omnipotent, omniscient, omni-present omni-benevolent god whose son has two simultaneous natures and of whom Mary is Theotokos?
I mean, I was going to build up to it but yes.

>>2712448
I just wanted to bypass the typical guff
So now that we're here
Prove he exists
I'm ready for you Anselm

>>2712455
I don't think the best conversation to introduce someone to philosophy is through trying to bridge the gap between Athens and Jerusalem. They're fundamentally opposed. Cf. Job, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Nishitani, Shestov, Eckhart