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>constantly recommended as who you should start with when getting into philosophy
>literally just a competent fiction writer who used his stories to make his unverifiable theories about forms and shit seem more valid

Do I really need to read Plato or can I just skip him and go to Aristotle?

>> No.13477343

>>13477088
just don't even start with philosophy, not for everyone

>> No.13477361

>>13477088
Read the pre-socratics and then jump straight to Kant. muh Being killed off philosophy for like 2000 years.

>> No.13477399

>>13477088
imagine being this dumb

>> No.13478539

>>13477088
Skip Aristotle instead.
Socrates/Plato teaches you how to think.
Aristotle teaches you about what Aristotle thought good categories for things are.

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>>13477088
>unverifiable

>> No.13478925

verifiability isn't real you fucking nob