Philosophy

Cambridge companions to Plato and Aristotle while reading Copleston's History of Philosophy. After getting familiarized with their philosophy and modern interpretations, you can start reading their main works and form your own interpretations. Then you can go to Aquinas, Kant, Nietszche etc etc

There are a ton of Cabridge Companions to a lot of philosophers, they are very helpful as an introduction.

Fraile's history of philosophy is magnificent and the best I've read, but it's only in spanish unfortunately.

You might also want to study the Trivium and the Cathecism depending on your interests.

>>9773078
Why bother? Metaphysics is dead and our main philosophic concepts are doctrinated by assholes who have no idea what philosophy is.

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>>9773135
>Metaphysics is dead
False

>>9773138
this is my next book, i'm curious how does /lit/ feel about this translation?

>>9773078
>Where to start?
The trash. Philosophy is what you get when stupid people and savages can't into theology.

Start with History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell.

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>>9773078
You have to read it in random order, otherwise you are fragile

Start with A Thousand Plateaus and then work your way backwards

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>>9773538

Start with Plato. You don't have to read all of his work, Euthyprho, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Meno, Symposium, Phaedrus, and Republic should do just fine. Read him in this order. I would watch Youtube lectures on each work as well. Sadler is good for this, he gives you a rundown on each work.

>>9773589
Ahh, Existential comics. Hardly ever funny, generally historically accurate.

What are some essential optimistic works?

>>9773078
Start with the presocratics and go in chronological order from there.

>>9773574
This is how I teach my intro to philosophy courses. I've been hopping from postdoc to postdoc for 15 years. Like a True Nomad.