>he actually started with the Greeks

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>He doesn't actually understand anything he's ever read

I bet you haven't read the Bible either

>>8783742
Why can't you understand anything if you haven't read the greeks? Are you sure that everyone who wrote a decent book has read the greeks? Just asking, haven't read the greeks, and I'm not sure how it will help me understand other books.

>he makes condescending frogposts about people who have read books
Episk saga

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>>8783665
This
>not starting with the Sumerians

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>>8783827

>>8783804
Well, I'm only speaking to western texts. But without knowledge of the Greeks, you don't really have context to any Western work

>>8783858
Can you give some example of this? I have considered reading the "must-read" greeks, but I'm not sure if I should put it on first priority or not.

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>>8783665

>not starting with Greek

You're not gonna make it.

>>8783868
Nah, he's memeing. Literally only essential for philosophy. And even then, many philosophers are still mostly accessible without the greeks.