I want to start from scratch and understand the first principles of philosophy so that I fight different theories while on solid ground. — T4YLOR
understand the first principles of philosophy so that I fight different theories while on solid ground. — T4YLOR
I have had my fair share of time studying some Kierkegaard and Dostoyevsky — T4YLOR
Are there any resources online that will show me a roadmap or book list? I just want to feel that my academic endeavors are productive and not just a vehicle to feed my intellectual ego. — T4YLOR
I just had a discussion with an atheist friend of mine and I'm beginning to feel very melancholic about the meaning of my life — T4YLOR
Bertrand Russell "Problems of philosophy" is a nice short intro. It's old but philosophy doesn't change much so it doesn't matter. — bert1
Instead of actually starting from scratch ... Every time you read a work or watch a video or listen to a talk or speech with philosophical content, think as if you are starting from scratch, in the sense of emptying your mind from any fixed ideas and beliefs, and ask yourself if that content makes sense to you, if you have experiences in your life that can be explained or agree with it, and if you can apply to your life the ideas that are conveyed by it. Because, if none of these is true, that content will be useless to you, however important, well-known and/or famous their source is (considered to be).I want to start from scratch and understand the first principles of philosophy so that I fight different theories while on solid ground. — T4YLOR
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