I have just recently began to question the world around me and am very interested in philosophy. As i go throu this website, i find the topics to be interesting but i get lost in some of the things you guys reference.
Anyone have any readings to suggest?? I recently took a trip to the library and they had close to zilch
Literature of all different types of perspective
Thank you
yea you really need to order shit online. make sure you read the amazon reviews to get the best translations as it makes a big difference. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Literature
any suggested readings?
have a look at this
the only book i can recommend is Forever Undecided by: Raymond Smullyan
Just pick up anything related to what you want to read. Trial and error.
It depends what your into I started reading classic texts then moved on to pre-socratic philosophers then on to Plato and Aristotle and from there it was like more whatever I felt like. But I am also into religions poetry and literature and some psychology in addition to philosophy. I read wikipedias alot also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Most_Influential_Books_Ever_Written_(book)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Best_Books_of_All_Time
That should at least provide some ideas. Alot of the time what I did was in that history of literature link I gave u I clicked on the most important civilizations and then crossreferenced to see what the most important texts were. If you want like a detailed list of what I own or a list of something specific let me know.
This site got a philosophical text archive also: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=171866