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Anonymous Thu Jan 17 06:30:16 2019 No.12424370 [Reply] [Original]

Which should I read first : Plato's Republic or Infinite Jest?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 08:25:17 2019 No.12424733 You have two eyes, anon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 08:34:20 2019 No.12424753 >>12424370 Plato's Infinite Republic

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 08:53:01 2019 No.12424797 The Republic (and Greeks in general) put the rest of western lit in context. Lord of the Rings is a good example of something that would be read differently if you had read the republic first.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 08:53:54 2019 No.12424798 >>12424370 Plato. It's much shorter.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:11:09 2019 No.12425080 >>12424798 But it looks like he cut infinite jest in half

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:14:26 2019 No.12425090 >>12424733 bose'd, 5.1 surround

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:15:28 2019 No.12425097 File: 26 KB, 367x500, kek.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12425080 With my Katana

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:18:22 2019 No.12425109 File: 24 KB, 500x500, 1255710220_axe-essence-body-spray_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12425097 And my axe!

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:18:46 2019 No.12425112 you dont start Plato with The Republic asshole

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:19:57 2019 No.12425120 >>12425112 Someone told me so. Where to start btw?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:23:21 2019 No.12425133 >>12425120 Just The Public. How can you read the sequel before the original?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:24:41 2019 No.12425139 >>12425133 Ok thanks :)

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:26:53 2019 No.12425144 >>12425120 Start with euthyphro, apology, crito and phaedo, symposium and then republic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:32:34 2019 No.12425170 >>12424370 just read Huck Finn instead

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:43:17 2019 No.12425212 You won't be able to understand Republic unless you read infinite jest first.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 10:47:34 2019 No.12425234 >>12424370 Read Plato, he’s a good goy. Don’t bother with the meme.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 14:21:12 2019 No.12426290 >>12425212 this desu

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 17 14:23:12 2019 No.12426309 >>12425234 ok thanks :)

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Thu Jan 17 14:23:58 2019 No.12426317 fuck the greeks

Anonymous Thu Jan 17 14:29:03 2019 No.12426359

>>12425212
>>12426290
no sure what these guys are on about

>>12424370
You can pretty much just read a summary of Republic. a good portion of it is endless rambling to reach a simple conclusion.
I guess the reason people recommend it is because it's so easy to read, but honestly it's not very interesting.

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