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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Philosophy is more of a meta science. It's people commenting on other people's thoughts all the way down.

So you won't get any actual answers on how to live, you might find how a lot of people tangled with different aspects of reality and producing their views.

If you like the ideas of stoicism and taoism you can read on those subjects. If you want a philosophic approach you learn about idea structures leading up to them and contemporary with them, like epicureanism and confucianism.

There's plenty of good advice in this thread already, so take your pick! I always found a cool vibe between presocratics and Taoist thought.