So I only have a month before I become a /grad/ cuck studying

>>9773444
What would you be reading for the presocs?

>>9773496
Probably the Oxford collection. I'll do the necessary research for that but like i said Heraclitus is a point of interest for me.

it doesn't sound like you have an actual focus on what you'd like to write your thesis on (which will need to be on one or two philosophers [or works even] at most). i'm a phd in philosophy and for both my MA and Phd i ended up doing something wildly different than what i had originally intended to do for various reasons. you need to find middleground between what you want to do and what your advisor's strengths are. plus you will be introduced to new thinkers and philosophical problems that will actually merit scholarly work and not just 'meditative shit.' keep in mind that you actually have to do scholarly work at the graduate level so whatever topic you work on needs to be philosophically important or relevant as well as have enough secondary resources so that you can take a nuanced position.

oh and let your coursework actually do some of the heavy lifting for you. make a chapter of your thesis one of your term papers.

tldr sounds like you're focused enough to have your toes in and what interests you but not focused enough to have a clear study path so just go to fucking class before deciding what you're going to study

>>9773676
>MA and Phd
Lol anon asked a very simple question. Obvs he wants something separate from the ivory tower none sense he'll be doing at uni. No need to try to justify your shit decision to become an academic.

As for anon, stop being a little bitch and go with pic related. Doesn't sound like you'll get much exposure to Eastern thought anyways.

>>9773804
>pic related
>no pic
that's some eastern deepness right there

>>9773444
Tell me more about your graduate studies OP.

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Since you seem to have everything else covered, why don't initiate with the Indians a bit? You could also try Gnosticism/Manicheism or Medieval/Alchemical stuff maybe?

>>9776170
Oh shit, I read that OP in the completely wrong way. But if you want some "meditative shit" you should try Taoism instead of Confucianism.