/lit/ - Literature

What's wrong with slavery /lit/?

>>12632148
>which is easy enough to do that I won't walk you through it.
You talkin' shit, bitch?

>>12433805
Complete Works of Aristotle

>Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
So which category do schizoids fall into?

Where do I start with Aristotle?

What is /lit/'s opinion on Aristotle?

Where do I start with Aristotle?

Who is the Indian equivalent to Aristotle?
Did any of the ancient Indian philosophers ever come up with the non-contradiction principle?

>>12247144
Judging by pure brain power

>>12154985
>Plot is irrelevant
utter pleb

Why do people still discuss ethics when he solved it 2500 years ago?

Is this the only book of its kind worth reading?

>The male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.
>All inferiors should be under the rule of a master.
Well, /lit/? Are you one of the inferiors, or a master?

Literally everything this dude wrote was wrong. Why exactly is he lauded as one of the great philosophers? Because medieval idiots copied his totally false views?

this nigga stupid as hell lmao
talkin bout the natural place of water is a concentric shell surrounding earth
fuck you mean nigga foh

>>10697282
Plato
>writes "dialogues" where his mary sue self-insert BTFOs everyone or everyone just agrees with what he says
>disrespects his teacher by using him as said self-insert
>hates life and pleasure
>proto-Christian
>tried to influence some literal who tyrant, got BTFO and put in prison

Aristotle
>writes clear, unpretentious arguments
>respects his teacher while contesting his ideas
>life-affirming ethics, recognizes pleasure as good but not the highest good
>proto-scientific
>taught Alexander the Great

I don't know what you've read, but Republic and Nicomachean Ethics both directly reference the fact that Greeks liked to bugger boys.

>DUDE JUST HAVE CORRECT PREMISES AND YOUR CONCLUSION WILL BE CORRECT LMAO
Does anybody actually buy this shit?

What the fuck was his endgame, lit?

>>10142615
So hard man

Is there such a thing as the common good?

Any political theory critical of individualism and the rule of particular interest seems to presuppose some sort of "common good" which individual interests are to be subordinated under. Be it Aristotle's koinei sympheron, Aquinas' bonum commune, Rousseau's volonté générale, fascism's national interest, communism's class interest or similar constructs.

Now to me all these things sound like abstractions without any actual content. What is in the common interest is largely arbitrary and mostly enforced by some form of authority, be it the government, the church, political leaders, etc. This again means the rule of particular interest.

Could someone point me to some literature which attempts to solve this problem or just share their thoughts? Have I just read too much Stirner?

I want to get into philosophy but I have no background whatsoever. What should I read to get a comprehensive insight into philosophy? Which authors can I read (and understand) without needing knowledge of previous philosophers?

I've seen lists on /lit/ before but they were all very extensive. Maybe keep it to 10 books for now.

>pic related
Is he worth reading and actually approachable for someone without prior knowledge?

I'm sorry if this has already been asked a gazillion times...

come at me faggot