Concept tag
#getting-started
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I keep reading summaries of philosophers instead of the books. Is that so bad?
Confession: in the year since I burnt out and started reading philosophy, I've read maybe three actual books and hundreds of summaries, threads, videos and ‘ten ideas from Stoicism’ posts. I can tell you what Kant, Nietzsche and the Gita say in…
Started by Rohan Desai0 replies58 views -
Eighteen and on a gap year: should I read the philosophers themselves or an introduction first?
I finished senior high school in Jakarta this year and I'm taking a gap year before university, which my parents call wasting time. Last month I read al-Ghazālī's Deliverance from Error, his account of his crisis of doubt, and I haven't stopped…
Started by Fajar Nugroho6 replies215 views -
Where do I start if I want philosophy beyond the European canon, not just Plato?
I teach at a Māori-language school in Rotorua. My students find it obvious that a river can be a person, and I'm trying to understand why so much of Western philosophy finds it strange, and what tikanga might say to philosophy in…
Started by Aroha Tipene5 replies133 views