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Philosophy Book Recomendations
Replies: 27 — Last Post July 18, 2008 4:37pm by ReelStreetlights
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I've thought of:
Beyond Good and Evil -Nietszche.
The Journals of Soren Kierkegaard.
The Stranger - Camus
Nausea - Sartre


( I'm really into existentialism at the momment. Any ideas? )

It really doesn't matter which subject it is as long as it's philosophy related!

Is there any book on philosophy (the subject) that covers the most important branches that you'd recomend?  (Like a copilation!). I'd like to do some review and all of that. Learn as much as possible!

Please, mention it. I'll check it out. I really want to read good books this summer!

Thanks.


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I am studying philosophy at uni in september! very excited!
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Plato's Republic, or really anything by Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, John Locke, the list goes on.
Sophie's World is a good book too, and there's one more I can't remember the name of  

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"Think" by Simon Blackburn is an excellent overview of major philosophical issues.

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Personally I like to start at the beginning with Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.
But if you want to start even further at the beginning, learn sanskrit and read things I don't even know the names of ;)

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Quote: from morik at 7:08 pm on July 17, 2008
I am studying philosophy at uni in september! very excited!

Interesting. Is that a book recomendation?  

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How good of a reader are you?

My personal favorite (see custom title..)

The Critique of Pure Reason
The Critique of Pure Judgment - Immanuel Kant

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ever read The Third Policeman? its a novel, but its totally philosophy.

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Quote: from iJeannie at 4:10 pm on July 17, 2008
Quote: from morik at 7:08 pm on July 17, 2008
I am studying philosophy at uni in september! very excited!

Interesting. Is that a book recomendation?

nope, sorry, totally irrelevent, but I do recommend the semi fictional book called Sophie's World as a basic intro to the subject.

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Try Machiavelli. It's not existencialist but it's very interesting anyway.

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i hated sophies wold
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Quote: from osmoticdespair at 7:10 pm on July 17, 2008
Personally I like to start at the beginning with Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.
But if you want to start even further at the beginning, learn sanskrit and read things I don't even know the names of ;)

Well considering I don't know how much you know and I have no idea who sanskrit is... I have a long way to go.  

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Quote: from iJeannie at 12:19 am on July 18, 2008
Quote: from osmoticdespair at 7:10 pm on July 17, 2008
Personally I like to start at the beginning with Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.  
 But if you want to start even further at the beginning, learn sanskrit and read things I don't even know the names of ;)

Well considering I don't know how much you know and I have no idea who sanskrit is... I have a long way to go.  

Sanskrit as in the language, not a philosopher.

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Sanskrit is the language that many ancient Indian texts are in.
Indian philosophy bloomed a little before Western.
Chinese philosophy both ancient and more recent is also quite interesting.
But I am much MUUUUCH more familiar with western. Just think it might be an interesting move to investigate the thought of Asia too.
I am so unfamiliar with African/American/Australasian philosophy as to not even know enough to think of it let alone mention it.

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Quote: from Fauna at 12:09 am on July 18, 2008
"Think" by Simon Blackburn is an excellent overview of major philosophical issues.

 

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