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When I first took an interest in philosophy, I read a short book on the Pre-Socratics and immediately started reading Plato and Aristotle. I read their fundamental works several times over a couple of years and I just started reading more modern philosophy. I've read Descartes and Hume so far and it really just seems like they're writing their personal interpretations of Plato and Aristotle; for example, Descartes' mind-body duality and rationalist view of knowledge is perfectly covered in Plato's Theaetetus, and Hume's sense-perception is covered generally by Aristotle.
Is it really worth moving on to more contemporary philosophy or am I better off rereading and meditating on the originals and sticking with quality literature?
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>>9854420
They stop being footnotes to the greeks at Nietzsche
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>he fell for the Socrates/Plato/Aristotle meme trilogy
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>>9854463
Excellent insight, my friend
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>>9854420
Keep going, but don't take everything they say seriously. Even Nietzsche is a meme. Form your own logical conclusions.
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>>9854501
>logical
>conclusions
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When will the study of metaphysics bring you face to face with God, is the real question here.
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