What 10 philosophy books should a person read

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The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world. What 10 philosophy books should a person read ... good poaster   09/25/20 plato's republic. shopenhoure's the world as will and rep... prince   09/25/20 Augustine Leibniz Hegel you're missing all the good one... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 agree with the first two, not sure about hegel, probably pas... prince   09/25/20 it seems obvious to me contemporary philosophy gets its noti... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 im not interested in the 'philosophy' of possible worlds, if... prince   09/25/20 no in qm possible worlds are universes with the same natural... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 elements isn't philosophy. it's pure geometry. probably the ... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 wittgnestein renounced his thinking in his later years. the ... prince   09/25/20 whether he renounced or not, his shit is still amazing and r... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 his thinking led to analytic philosophy and the death of phi... prince   09/25/20 it seems like modern philosophy is all philosophy of languag... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 frege was the originator, in part, but wittengsteins thinkin... prince   09/25/20 exept american logicians would never cite witt. but they cit... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 frege took it more seriously and systematically to erode all... prince   09/25/20 the best thing russell did was write the history of western ... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 i wouldnt want to read about history of western philosophy t... prince   09/25/20 it's actually pretty good he hits the major works and traces... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 i think i read it at one point and it wasnt very good in my ... prince   09/25/20 ... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 >>wittgnestein renounced his thinking in his later yea... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 his mind was bigger than theirs, it appears. prince   09/25/20 Descartes influenced Spinoza Ross the Boss   09/25/20 yo when should i call you tonight? i got a date with a 5'... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 quit showing off dude lmao - enjoy your date! 5'll wtf Ross the Boss   09/25/20 most girls who say they are 5'11 are actually 6'0 Ross the Boss   09/25/20 she said she's 5'10" i looked up her college roster and... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 it's tomorrow. i met her this morning while catching knives,... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 Radical Dualism, Prince tp My Brain is Heavier Than Yours, ... pre-hegelian   09/25/20 ... good poaster   09/25/20 people shouldn’t read Mike Fart   09/25/20 (nietzsche) Bryson DeChambeau   09/25/20 Bible ten times Amy Coney Barett OnlyFans   09/25/20 btw, this isnt flame. this is the best answer. tedbeckersted   09/25/20 it's not. it's a great work of literature and a code of cond... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 ... Texas School Book Suppository   09/25/20 Cr. Also as I get older I find the book to be more jejune t... Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 if you're from a broken home and just learned how to read it... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 100 percent fair. Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 ... stan hansen   09/25/20 it's simple and tells what you need to enjoy a rich interior... tedbeckersted   09/25/20 It’s all faith, that’s the whole point of Fear a... litigation   09/25/20 ;) Amy Coney Barett OnlyFans   09/25/20 lol at this moniker litigation   09/25/20 Need some xo Heidegger in here litigation   09/25/20 nevermind - i think mdh probably has the best list Ross the Boss   09/25/20 ontological arguments are flame pre-hegelian   09/25/20 heard those exact words at the bar last night - but is it tr... Ross the Boss   09/25/20 Industrial Society and its Future litigation   09/25/20 ... GPT-3   09/25/20 ... ..,..,.,,,,..,...,..,,..,,,,.,,.,,...,,..,,.,.,.,.   09/25/20 Read the baby books first. Read philo for idiots and comic b... Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 worst advice ever. absolute opposite of what should be d... prince   09/25/20 i agree. you don't need a primer or textbook. just start rea... I am thinking of aurochs and angels   09/25/20 That’s your high IQ talking though. Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 It’s okay that you think that. I usually don’t e... Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 Philosophy books are generally terrible ..,..,.,,,,..,...,..,,..,,,,.,,.,,...,,..,,.,.,.,.   09/25/20 Yep. They are valuable but yeah, terrible to read. Idiosyncr... Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 youd learn more from observing nature than consuming the ent... stan hansen   09/25/20 Disagree but not by much. Most people don’t have the s... Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas   09/25/20 its a monumental waste of time for everyone stan hansen   09/25/20 This is a retarded take litigation   09/25/20 wittgenstein's investigations makes everything else obsol... spritezero   09/25/20 Poast new message in this thread Date: September 25th, 2020 6:40 PM Author: good poaster (He/Him) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987394) Date: September 25th, 2020 6:54 PM Author: prince plato's republic. shopenhoure's the world as will and representation. kant's critique of pure reason. kierkieggard's the sickness unto death descarte's meditations on first philosophy newton's principia mathematica euclid the elements should definitely be included. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987463) Date: September 25th, 2020 6:59 PM Author: pre-hegelian Augustine Leibniz Hegel you're missing all the good ones (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987486) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:00 PM Author: prince agree with the first two, not sure about hegel, probably pass. i would also include william blake. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987491) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:01 PM Author: pre-hegelian it seems obvious to me contemporary philosophy gets its notion of possible worlds from leibniz, not to mention he has one of the better theodicies imo i never read him much but im suprised hes not taught more. probably bc jewish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987505) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:04 PM Author: prince im not interested in the 'philosophy' of possible worlds, if that meant to allude to the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. and in any case, i do not think there are possible many worlds. there is only one, indivisible, material universe. but to say that this universe is the only, if even real, form of true, underlying reality is probably wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987512) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:09 PM Author: pre-hegelian no in qm possible worlds are universes with the same natural laws as this one but with different outcomes. im talking about the set of possible but not actual laws of nature. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987538) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:04 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels elements isn't philosophy. it's pure geometry. probably the best math book ever written. same thing with newton. newton has a little philosophy regarding instantaneous acceleration and xeno's paradox but, again, the best calc book. you could use the elements as a textbook but not the principia. however a prof named densmore wrote a sort-of textbook that goes through principia which is great. if you like math try descarte's geometry which is amazing. best 10 or so phil works: plato's republic, meno aristotle's physics, metaphysics kant's critique of pure reason hegel's phenomenology of spirit descartes' meditations hobbes' leviathan leibniz's discourse on metaphysics, the monadology spinoza's ethics wittgenstein's tractatus logico-philosophicus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987513) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:05 PM Author: prince wittgnestein renounced his thinking in his later years. the vienna circle is just a bunch of nihilistic positivists, working to deny the existence of a soul. otherwise, good choices. also, differentiating between philosophy and math in the time of when all thinking wasnt separated as it is now is kind of wrong and dogmatic. newton thought he was doing natural philosophy, and by extension, trying to understand god. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987519) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:08 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels whether he renounced or not, his shit is still amazing and rigorous. i would also add your moniker, the prince, as one the best political philosophy works with leviathan, locke's second treatise on government and rousseau's social contract. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987530) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:12 PM Author: prince his thinking led to analytic philosophy and the death of philosophy in its incarnation as philosophy of science. as it is now, philosophy is meant to mean clear thinking, instead of its original intention to understand observed reality. horrible man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987550) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:13 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels it seems like modern philosophy is all philosophy of language shit starting with frege and word games. i know the big W was the original word gamer but academia has taken it way too far. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987557) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:15 PM Author: prince frege was the originator, in part, but wittengsteins thinking had great effect on the vienna circle. bertrand russell is probably roasting in hell as we speak. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987560) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:16 PM Author: pre-hegelian exept american logicians would never cite witt. but they cite frege constantly. see e.g. brandom (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987562) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:17 PM Author: prince frege took it more seriously and systematically to erode all mystical thought. wittengstein was only dicking around and trying to find the truth. he was misguided, frege was doing it out of spite to god's will. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987564) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:19 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels the best thing russell did was write the history of western philosophy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987570) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:21 PM Author: prince i wouldnt want to read about history of western philosophy through his lens. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987580) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:22 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels it's actually pretty good he hits the major works and traces their ideas fairly objectively from socrates through like locke. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987588) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:23 PM Author: prince i think i read it at one point and it wasnt very good in my opinion. his biases arent obvious, but are there, and misguide. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987591) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:23 PM Author: pre-hegelian (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987594) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:11 PM Author: pre-hegelian >>wittgnestein renounced his thinking in his later years. to no effect imo. seems like the positivists butchered him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987547) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:12 PM Author: prince his mind was bigger than theirs, it appears. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987552) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:14 PM Author: Ross the Boss Descartes influenced Spinoza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987558) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:20 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels yo when should i call you tonight? i got a date with a 5'11" tennis pro who played high school at IMG at then an ACC college. she now is an instructor at a country club. met her when i was magnet fishing this morning on intracoastl. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987575) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:25 PM Author: Ross the Boss quit showing off dude lmao - enjoy your date! 5'll wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987601) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:27 PM Author: Ross the Boss most girls who say they are 5'11 are actually 6'0 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987610) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:38 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels she said she's 5'10" i looked up her college roster and one years said she's 6 foot the other said 5'11" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987658) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:27 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels it's tomorrow. i met her this morning while catching knives, car keys and a broken .22 in the water. if she wears heels tomorrow i'm fucked. might have told her i'm 6;2". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987611) Date: September 25th, 2020 6:56 PM Author: pre-hegelian Radical Dualism, Prince tp My Brain is Heavier Than Yours, OYT tp Now Watch This Psychedelics Drive, hank scorpio I Dunno Look In The Bible, cow goes moo tp Against God and Nature, tedb tp Freedom To Fight Like Jesus, live free tp Against Heresy, potluck tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987469) Date: September 25th, 2020 6:59 PM Author: good poaster (He/Him) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987490) Date: September 25th, 2020 6:57 PM Author: Mike Fart people shouldn’t read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987474) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:36 PM Author: Bryson DeChambeau (nietzsche) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987649) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:05 PM Author: Amy Coney Barett OnlyFans Bible ten times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987518) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:07 PM Author: tedbeckersted btw, this isnt flame. this is the best answer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987524) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:09 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels it's not. it's a great work of literature and a code of conduct as well but it doesn't rigorously analyze the why of things. which is sort of the point of faith. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987536) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:12 PM Author: Texas School Book Suppository (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987555) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:22 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas Cr. Also as I get older I find the book to be more jejune than you’d think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987586) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:25 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels if you're from a broken home and just learned how to read it's about the best thing you can get your hands on and makes sense why many prisoners became very religious after first encountering the bible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987599) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:27 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas 100 percent fair. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987607) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:36 PM Author: stan hansen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987650) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:38 PM Author: tedbeckersted it's simple and tells what you need to enjoy a rich interior life pretty much ad infinitum. everything else is basically vanity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987659) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:41 PM Author: litigation It’s all faith, that’s the whole point of Fear and Trembling when kierkegaard blew out Hegel and Nietzsche put a nail in it when he completed western philosophy and Heidegger formalized it all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987670) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:10 PM Author: Amy Coney Barett OnlyFans ;) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987540) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:12 PM Author: litigation lol at this moniker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987553) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:12 PM Author: litigation Need some xo Heidegger in here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987551) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:13 PM Author: Ross the Boss nevermind - i think mdh probably has the best list (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987556) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:20 PM Author: pre-hegelian ontological arguments are flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987579) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:40 PM Author: Ross the Boss heard those exact words at the bar last night - but is it true? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987662) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:14 PM Author: litigation Industrial Society and its Future (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987559) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:22 PM Author: GPT-3 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987585) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:27 PM Author: ..,..,.,,,,..,...,..,,..,,,,.,,.,,...,,..,,.,.,.,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987608) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:18 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas Read the baby books first. Read philo for idiots and comic books on philo. Get the basic ideas. You can hit the originals after that but honestly the stuff gets dated after awhile, as science progresses. I think philosophers the best modern ones are coming up w new paradigms to approach the problems already identified. It’s less about knowing the terms and terminology of old works than it is knowing the tools generally. Also make use of the internet and instructions available on YouTube. This is 100 percent my self informed perspective and I’m sure I will be ridiculed on here by the hard hitters but I’m comfortable w it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987567) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:22 PM Author: prince worst advice ever. absolute opposite of what should be done. engage with the originals. truly modern 'philosophy' is a heap of confused trash. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987589) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:26 PM Author: I am thinking of aurochs and angels i agree. you don't need a primer or textbook. just start reading. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987602) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:29 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas That’s your high IQ talking though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987623) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:26 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas It’s okay that you think that. I usually don’t engage you because you wish that I would die. But, no offense, you are wrong almost 100 percent of the time. Sorry! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987604) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:27 PM Author: ..,..,.,,,,..,...,..,,..,,,,.,,.,,...,,..,,.,.,.,. Philosophy books are generally terrible (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987613) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:28 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas Yep. They are valuable but yeah, terrible to read. Idiosyncratic and fumbling. But we all are. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987619) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:35 PM Author: stan hansen youd learn more from observing nature than consuming the entire canon of Western philosophy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987645) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:37 PM Author: Office Karaoke Night Faux Pas Disagree but not by much. Most people don’t have the sensibility, haven’t been beaten into broad perceptions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987654) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:41 PM Author: stan hansen its a monumental waste of time for everyone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987668) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:43 PM Author: litigation This is a retarded take (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987673) Date: September 25th, 2020 7:40 PM Author: spritezero wittgenstein's investigations makes everything else obsolete (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4633356&forum_id=2#40987663)