Is there a full list that details the essentials starting from

just read a fucking book

>>9739598
not sure if you want a philosophy list or greek philosophy list. this is the best I can do http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Philosophy

>>9739598

holy shit nigger

you want to 100% literature like you're playing a zelda game or something

go read plato a hundred times lol

>>9739614
Thank you

>>9739598
>essentials
This could be anything.
It could be just the Iliad and Odyssey.
It could be Homer, Plato and Aristotle.
It could be Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus.
It could be significantly more than this depending on your definition of essential.

As >>9739603 said, just read a book. You'll figure it out on the way.

>>9739598
Beyond bloom, try great books of the western world

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>>9739625
np

Simple Wikipedia search. Please stop ignoring the fact that you have instant access to all or most of human knowledge. Why you'd post this question to a Vietnamese Bean Juggling forum is beyond me.

Just focus on a few important works instead of trying to read everything.

If you try to start from the beginning you will overwhelm yourself because there is so much to. To me, the "essential" list of Greek works is just Plato and Homer, Aristotle if you are feeling particularly masochistic. Tragedians are a meme

>>9739598
Bloom's Western Canon is something the book's editor forced him to add, and he just spent 2 or 3 hours thinking up anything good that came into his head. It's a fine list for recommendations, but it's not definitive. I don't think anything can be desu. Although here you can find plenty of "great books" lists of varying quality: http://sonic.net/~rteeter/greatbks.html

>>9739598
Most of the "essentials" lists focus far too much on the works of dead white men while ignoring works by other cultures.

>>9739640
I'm sure there's more "essential" works but I will start with those three.

>>9739656
Are there any different cultures that you would recommend reading?

>>9739626
I think I'll start with Homer. Thank you.

>>9739641
Thank you, I'll check it out.

>>9739735
>I think I'll start with Homer.

You're not meant to start with the Greeks

>skipping Egypt and Mesopotamia

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