I want to learn Philosophy. How should I start ? (lemmings.world)

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Lately I have found an interest in philosophy. I would love to dig deeper into it when I get the time.

I just started reading Seneca's Letters from a stoic and plan to read Tao te Ching next, as I always wanted to implement thoughts from Stoicism and Taoism in my life.

I'm aware that, randomly reading different philosophical works won't give me much in-depth knowledge.

I want to know what's a good way to go about it and the resources I could use.

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[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Start with a survey book or course. Do not start by diving directly into the primary literature.

As far as where to start - that’s really something that should be driven by your interests. You don’t need to start with the Greeks and work your way forward.

I’d say to start with an overview of modern philosophy. It will likely be more familiar to you in terms of the problems and the thinking patterns, and might apply more directly to problems you’re interested in. If you find something that you want to learn more about, turn towards “Intro to X,” and from there branch out into the individual philosophers and their works.

[-] legios@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

When I started diving in to philosophy I found The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy to have handy to go "What the fuck did I just read?!" too

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