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16052102 No.16052102 [Reply] [Original]

So should I read every single one of the Platonian dialogs? Honestly some of them that I've read so far, like Euthyphron felt really useless/unsatisfying.

>> No.16052121

>>16052102
Don't get filtered by Plato.

>> No.16052127

>>16052121
But how can you find the Euthyphron or even Laches ending satisfying? They literally run into a wall and give up. I know there is still some stuff to take away, but it just feels like I could as well have skipped these pieces.

>> No.16052129

>>16052102
Grab what you can out of it. A lot is quotable and applicable to any analytic debate. If it stops seeming fruitful just revisit him after you've gone through analytic philosophy

>> No.16052131

>>16052127
You're reading it as a plot, you're not supposed to read philosophy as a plot

>> No.16052137

Yes
Plato builds and on expands his ideas constantly
Also, Laches was funny, fuck you

>> No.16052149

>>16052131
Thats not what I'm saying. Its just that in these dialogs positions are only refuted and then the dialogue is over.

>> No.16052157

>>16052129
Sounds like reasonable advice, thanks anon.

>> No.16052267

>>16052129
>analytic philosophy
Ignore this.

>> No.16052564

>>16052127
They are discussing questions which rarely have definitive answers. Even formulating Euthyphro Dilemma makes a genius, to solve it it will take an ultragenius.