Current Events > I know so little about philosophy. Everybody else seems to know a lot. Teach me!

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This seems to be a subject that many people know plenty about, but not me. I don't understand. People talk about Nietzeche, Kant, Hegel and Zizek like it's nothing. I'm not willing, at this time, to sit and read the "important" books on the subject of philosophy, and until now have read various articles, watched medium-length documentaries, and such. Please tell me various things about philosophy. Ideally, people would give me a brief overview of the major philosophers (which includes some of the names I've dropped, but isn't limited to them), outlining their most important ideas and what they thought it general.

How I fallen behind? Am I that bad? Why do people appear to know this stuff really well, but not me? Also, is this stuff actually of that much value? From what I do know - which admittedly isn't that much - much of philosophy seems abstract, very unhelpful, badly expressed, needlessly complicated, and disproven in later centuries. I suppose this belief is much of the reason why I've avoided philosophy until now, since it does seem kinda pointless, and often outdated.

Thoughts on all this?


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It's all a bunch of privileged old dead white dudes arguing over shit they can't actually apply. I wouldn't bother


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Do, or do not. There is no try.

These are some of my favorite philosophy quotes that I hold dear to my heart, including one from me >_>




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Philosophy literally translates to "love of wisdom" and is the Ph in PhD. So, if you enjoy learning new things then you're already a philosopher!

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treewojima posted...

Do, or do not. There is no try.

I disagree with you, but I'm trying not to

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

It's all a bunch of privileged old dead white dudes arguing over shit they can't actually apply. I wouldn't bother

Then maybe look into some Asian, African or Middle Eastern philosophy

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You seem well educated. How do you not dabble in this?

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Read a fucking book dude. No one on CE will be able to teach you about anything. Lmfao.

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MeIon Bread posted...

Also, is this stuff actually of that much value? From what I do know - which admittedly isn't that much - much of philosophy seems abstract, very unhelpful, badly expressed, needlessly complicated, and disproven in later centuries. I suppose this belief is much of the reason why I've avoided philosophy until now, since it does seem kinda pointless, and often outdated.

It's the basis of all methods of competent reasoning and being able to think for yourself.

Thing is though, you want people to tell you philosophy. It doesn't work that way. If you actually want to understand it you have to do it, at least to some extent, for yourself.

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indica posted...

treewojima posted...

Do, or do not. There is no try.

I disagree with you, but I'm trying not to

That is why you fail.

treewojima posted...

That is why you fail.

I consider it a success

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indica posted...

treewojima posted...

That is why you fail.

I consider it a success

The greatest teacher, failure is.

treewojima posted...

The greatest teacher, failure is.

Concur I do

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indica posted...

treewojima posted...

The greatest teacher, failure is.

Concur I do

Get down, do you?

Good blow this is. Horny it makes me.

treewojima posted...

Get down, do you?

Good blow this is. Horny it makes me.

Indeed. I am also a follower of the great philosopher Chappelle

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Step 1: watch the matrix

step 2: any time you have an original thought or perceive something, ask yourself how do I know that the machines didnt program my mind in the matrix to think/perceive this

congrats you are now a philosopher

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I majored in philosophy, and this site was really helpful:

https://plato.stanford.edu/

it gives biographies of philosophies, explains different schools of thought, gives definitions to terms, etc.

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