How Do You Become A Western Philosophy Guru?
• Purchase a copy of Bertrand Russell’s, “A History of Western Philosophy” and Will Durant’s, The Story of Philosophy and read them cover-to-cover. The specific purpose of these books is to give you a spectrum / timeline and introduction to significant philosophers and how each of them fit in with one another, what was going on in the events and thoughts of their time and of course the basic premise of each of their philosophies and major works on the human mind, politics, economics, morals and ethics. ‘; } s += “”; document.write(s); return; } google_ad_channel = ‘+7733764704+1640266093+9911500640+3607312525+8388126455+8941458308+3335338548+7122150828’ + xchannels + gchans; google_ad_client = “pub-9543332082073187”; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_ad_region = “test”; google_ad_format = ‘250x250_as’; //–> Read Plato. It is arguable which of Plato’s dialogs are most important, and after you have read Russell or Durant you’ll have an idea
• Purchase a copy of Bertrand Russell’s, “A History of Western Philosophy” and Will Durant’s, The Story of Philosophy and read them cover-to-cover. The specific purpose of these books is to give you a spectrum / timeline and introduction to significant philosophers and how each of them fit in with one another, what was going on in the events and thoughts of their time and of course the basic premise of each of their philosophies and major works on the human mind, politics, economics, morals and ethics. Read Plato. It is arguable which of Plato’s dialogs are most important, and after you have read Russell or Durant you’ll have an idea which ones you want to read. Yet any such list must include Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates and Crito. It is hard to find an idea in philosophy that is not traceable back to Plato. As such, you do yourself a disservice to not start your readings with the father of philosophy. Similarly, you should not neglect his greatest pupil, Aristotle, whose Nicomachean
