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How to start into literature

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Since im not spending my time with anything i decided to finally use it for something and start reading, i always liked to read when i was younger though it was mostly the usual fantasy stuff.

Im especially interested in Books about Psychology and History. Politics, especially NatSoc interest me, though im not a /pol/poster or something.

The real reason im making this thread is because im asking for help on where to start, what do you guys reccomend?
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>>9826332
The Greeks.

Homer (Iliad and Odyssey)
Hesiod
Herodotus
Euripides / Sophocles / Aeschylus
Thucydides
Plato
Aristotle
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>>9826369
Do you mean all their works or can you specify?
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>>9826385
Yes
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>>9826413
At least that will keep me busy for a while.
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>>9826419
Most only have a few works. Homer has two, Hesiod has three short epic poems, most of the tragedians' plays are lost, etc
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Since you're interested in history, you could also read Xenophon too for Greeks. If you want Roman history, you can read Livy, Plutarch, etc and modern (see >>9822825).

I'm not very well versed in psychology unfortunately (I want to read more so hopefully someone else answers).
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Finally, this site may interest you (it's not just philosophy as you traditionally think, you can find articles on the philosophy of history/psychology and such):
https://plato.stanford.edu
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>>9826447
Yeah, i especially like Romans

>>9826464
Thanks, but i am rather looking for physical books i can read when im not at the PC/at home
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>>9826464
That and IEP can be quite helpful both in terms of actual content as well as proper guidance on where to find helpful sources.
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>>9826332
i'll dump my /pol/ charts
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some good history books
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>>9826419
Just don't bother reading ALL of the socratic dialogues. Get one from each age (there are three of them).
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>>9828290

Thanks, i just have to find out which ones i can read without getting arrested here in Germany. lol

>>9830323
A friend reccomended me that one too
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>>9826332
Harry Potter.

Pic related.
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>>9831022
I did read the books when i was young, back then I think I liked them.
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>>9830866
Does that mean the books have to be kosher or halal?
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>>9831050
Rather, even thinking about the word "right" is a crime. A book store here got shut down when they had a reading of one of Evolas works iirc.
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>>9826332

For Psychology/History in late 19th century and onward read William James' Varieties of Religious Experience, then Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, 3 Essays on Sexuality and Totem and Taboo if you're into his style, then either Jung/Campbell or Lacan/Foucault depending on your inclinations either disagreeing or agreeing with Freud's, respectively.

If you want Psychology prior to the 19th century we'd be going into Religious/Philosophical territories.
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