It is reasonably simple to become a reader of philosophy. It is great stuff. Worth a lifetime investment. Yet if you are interested in being a philosopher then the values one has will be counter-cyclical to those of many modern people and hence sometimes challenging.
One may start off reading Plato's dialogues and then find a book about the Pre-Socratics such as Parmenides and Heraclitus. Bertrand Russell wrote a book named 'A History of Philosophy' as did Coppleston write another. Philosophy means 'the love of wisdom', and wisdom is about knowing what human life is, where human society and its values fit into the scheme of the physical cosmos, the relation of matter to mind and what spirit is as distinct from non-sensible matter.
Philosophy in a way is a record of the larger paradigm of the journey of human intellectual development and moral values since the dawn of civilization. A philosopher should be able to differentiate the various religions and cultural styles and content of world civilization as well as know the state of the art in contemporary cosmology. There are many books out there...to many really to read in a lifetime, about philosophy which is why it is useful to take a philosophy 101 course. There are free on-line philosophy courses at an introductory level at coursera.org that I highly recommend. Enjoy- philosophy is a lifetime avocation."1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."-KJV
One may start off reading Plato's dialogues and then find a book about the Pre-Socratics such as Parmenides and Heraclitus. Bertrand Russell wrote a book named 'A History of Philosophy' as did Coppleston write another. Philosophy means 'the love of wisdom', and wisdom is about knowing what human life is, where human society and its values fit into the scheme of the physical cosmos, the relation of matter to mind and what spirit is as distinct from non-sensible matter.
Philosophy in a way is a record of the larger paradigm of the journey of human intellectual development and moral values since the dawn of civilization. A philosopher should be able to differentiate the various religions and cultural styles and content of world civilization as well as know the state of the art in contemporary cosmology. There are many books out there...to many really to read in a lifetime, about philosophy which is why it is useful to take a philosophy 101 course. There are free on-line philosophy courses at an introductory level at coursera.org that I highly recommend. Enjoy- philosophy is a lifetime avocation."1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."-KJV
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