Just finishing reading Phaedo, cried a fair bit towards

>>9901118
haha faggot

>>9901118
It's not normal.
It's patrician.
Congrats, anon, you discovered that philosophy can be both poetic and meaningful. Hope you continue down this road.

>>9901128
So is having an emotional reaction to philosophy something uncommon? I'm only starting this stuff so don't really know how other people react to philosophy apart from people in my uni tutorial which isn't saying much

>>9901158
"Uncommon" might not be the right word. In my experience, almost everyone who studies philosophy feels really strongly about certain conclusions/philosophers. What's rarer and more precious is for these emotional reactions to be motivated by the beauty of the ideas and the history rather than something more personal and/or political. It's the difference between ideology and aesthetic appreciation. Most have the former, you have the latter.

>>9901158
>reaction to philosophy
It's not the philosophy you were reacting to, but the drama. There is some nice philosophy in Phaedo but I don't think anyone would cry over it.

>>9901123
Upvoted

>>9901118
You woman! It's normal but not for those of philosophical mettle. You're like apollodorus but worse, being one step removed and still Ina me to hold back the water works!

Jk it's probably the most moving scene in philosophy. Socrates goes off heroically.

>>9902051
Schopenhauer's On Women made me cry.