/lit/ said start with the Greeks

Also finish with Christ.

>Not learning Hieroglyphs and reading Egyptian poetry

step up, amigo

Philosophers and poets usually allude to older philosophers and poets and the Greek literary tradition is the oldest, so it seems like the correct place to start.

Another reason Stoic-themed books are recommended is that they are short and simple. That makes them a good start.

>On the Shortness of Life
>The Enchiridion
>Meditations

Feel free to ignore the self-help and focus on getting a taste for the genre first.

>Christ
>not self-help
what meme is this

Is this supposed to be the smart board? Christ, indeed.

Jesus read the Greeks too

Start with the Torah

>>9764128
This is somewhat comforting. Thinking that at some point Jesus and the apostles engaged in the dialectic, or were otherwise students of Plato. The parable of the widow's oil, for example, definitely has the hypothetical feel of a Platonic setup.

Christ is for brainlets.

You can't start a serious study of theology before learning about greek philosophy, you wouldn't even understand one page of Aquinas, for instance, that way.

Ancient Hebrews + Ancient Greeks = Christianity

>>9764443

This poster >>9764076 was correct though. Finish with Christ. Did he fucking stutter? Sermon on the Mount, parables, commandments. Serve the good.

The rest: Aquinas, Augustine, Jerome, Anselm were the /lit/ of their day. What did he meme by this, etc. Searching for truth in the wrong way.

>>9764490
Expanding on this, I mean to say theology is a field of study made by guys who made a bunch of rules about how to properly misinterpret the source material, then proceeded to try to answer existential questions within this framework. They painted themselves into a useless corner. That's why all their arguments boil down to "well... have a mad faith and it's true."

>>9764076
Also finish yourself.

>>9764076
Finish with the Quran