>want to read a non-fiction book, usually philosophical or

>>8399440
Context clues and Wikipedia. Don't actually set out to read full length works unless you're genuinely interested in their content, otherwise see the above mentioned.

>>8399440
>It's another 'I want to understand absolutely every single reference' episode.
No wonder you autistic fucks never read.

I'm reading Schopenhauer's The World As Will and Representation having only read the Greeks and a handful of his essays (which are what got me interested in him). I'm doing okay so far, I just Googled a summary of his first work that he recommended one read first. I can piece together most of what he means by context clues, despite him asserting that one has to read a library before tackling his work.

>tfw I was intelligent enough to immediately see the implications of the munchhausen trilemma and now disregard all philosophical works but I still feel obligated to read them because the academia-media-publishing industrial complex has convinced the pseuds that they have to be read in order to be intelligent and I dont want people to consider me a pleb

And people wonder why we suggest starting with the Greeks...

Start with the Greeks, then resume with the Romans my friend.