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Who are the easiest philosophers to read?

>> No.15308189

me

>> No.15308206

If a thinker truly has something new and unexpected to say, it will not be easy to read. The reason why something is easy to read is because it's filled with memes that your mind is already accustomed to. That's why people blow through 300 pages of light fiction in just a few hours.
Although that's not to say that if a book is hard to read, it's insightful and valuable. It could very well be that the author is just a pretentious charlatan who likes to confuse and waste the reader's time (see: Hegel).

>> No.15308223

Emerson probably

>> No.15308239

>>15308167
For modern philosophy, try the Philosophical Salon. They're not the easiest to read but their articles are only a few oparagraphs. Try spending time deciphering them

>> No.15308269

>>15308167
Plato is easy to read. Truly understanding him or even figuring out where he stood is not of course.

>> No.15308273

>>15308167
>>15308269
Plato + Confucius = two greatest minds of prehistory

>> No.15308425
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15308425

Hume

>> No.15309405

>>15308167
Camus

>> No.15309429

>>15308269
Seneca is the easiest philosopher of antiquity to read and understand. Marcus Aurelius is similar to Plato. Easy to read, easy to misunderstand.

>> No.15309440

>>15308167
Plato. Dialogues are pretty pleasant to read

>> No.15309451

>>15308167
Stoics are quite easy to read. And fun as you can notice your personal change almost immediately.

>> No.15309658

>>15308425
do you read it like 'fume'

>> No.15309716

>>15309658
yes

>> No.15309796

My diary desu

>> No.15309888

>>15309440
t. never read the Parmenides or Timaeus

>> No.15310148

>>15309716
i've been pronouncing it 'hue-may'

>> No.15310171

>>15308167
Camus, 100%. He's famous for being an entry level philosopher, wording the questions that need to be answered very well. Most people don't find his solutions satisfying though.

>> No.15310179

>>15309405
Novelist

>> No.15310182

zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

>> No.15310490

Plato is fun to read though you'd need to figure out a proper order and start with the easier ones and gradually build up to the more demanding ones
Nietzsche is also easy to read due to his prose though much like Plato, as others have pointed out, interpretation can be a bit of a pisser
I'd say the stoics and Confucians are all also easy to read
I am of the view that Kierkegaard is probably not that hard a read either but you probably need some background in Christianity first
>>15309888
>Plato is hard to read because one of the dialogues was written with the explicit purpose of being utterly incomprehensible and another was never properly finished
Wowsers

>> No.15310527

>>15310148
jej