Sup /lit/, yes I fell for the meme. I genuinely believe this is the correct way to approach philosophy and literature. In my arsenal I currently have: Mythology, A Brief History of Ancient Greece, Iliad (Fitzgerald) & The Odyssey. My question is what other intermittent books did you find valuable before heading into Plato and Aristotle? Pic related seems dated.
>>8530080
>knows next to nothing about phil and lit
>has strong beliefs and opinions on the matter anyway
yep, it's a /lit/ thread
>>8530080
presocratics are nice, particularly Parmenides/Zeno and Heraclitus
>>8530080
>he genuinely believes there is a correct way to approach philosophy and literature
>he actually fell for the start with the greeks meme
Disgusting
>>8530080
just read them both, dont believe what everybody says about the need to read the tragedists, go for em, most of the time they only just cite a a few passsages and most of them are about homer.
>>8530092
>knows nothing about an author on an anonymous imageboard, makes baseless assumptions.
>>8530096
>He thinks Zeno of Elea is nice despite only having 1 meme idea
>>8530094
Thanks mate.
>>8530104
note how i structured my response as:
> particularly Parmenides/Zeno and Heraclitus
and not
> particularly Parmenides, Zeno, and Heraclitus
you insufferable moron
>>8530080
What would you guys say is the bear minimum?
>>8530215
Panda
Hah
>>8530080
>I genuinely believe this is the correct way to approach philosophy and literature.
Your belief means nothing.
>>8530535
And neither does your opinion.
>>8530509
Grizzly humour mate.