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He was raised in a protestant family. I suppose people back then advised others who struggled with depression to just pray to God and follow what's wr...

Thank you everyone.

I read his Epistulae Morales. It's quite good, though sometimes felt like Seneca got lost in some parts or it's just shallow then it gets pretty deep....

I felt that with literature ever since I learned reading and lately with Seneca and Nietzsche. I'm interested in the existence of God, in morality, id...

To remember better for the texts.

True. But for movies, we usually don't take notes, it's more of a sensory pleasure than learning.

I really enjoy reading Nietzsche because of his psychological insights and his style. I read some of Descartes and Hume and I learn from their observa...

What is the opinion on the Peterson-Žižek debate here? Wikipedia - Reception of the Peterson–Žižek debate

Another thing is, the language his followers/fans use. He DESTROYS people. Gives them the ULTIMATE advice. SCHOOLED by Peterson. Meanwhile, on the oth...

It's the old us-versus-them attitude. People get caught in feelings before weighing all pros and cons, before really thinking things through. I think ...

I understood but I meant in regards to Peterson and his daughter's argument on depression and meat-only diet which came to mind by your comment. https...

I mean, it works for them, that's okay but it might not work for others, let alone everyone. Many have moral issues about eating animals so if vegans ...

While meat-only diet works for them, I don't think it's a great idea to propagate it and portray it as the solution for depression and disease (?), ve...

I mentioned incels because they seem represent a kind of pseudo-intellectualism and some of them seem to "follow" Peterson.

Of course the word "female" itself is not derogatory, without context. But in the context they use it, seems to be disparaging and patronizing.

Thank you. I read that Kant's Prolegomena is easier to read than his Critique of Pure Reason. Also, I'm more interested in metaphysics and in texts th...

Wow! Really? What a troll.

It's interesting you said "self-help authors". I want to be a clinical psychologist and I wouldn't like to be seen as a self-help author. I mean, ther...

That's really mindblowing. I have only read 5 dialogues by Plato but I plan to read more Platonic dialogues after reading Epictetus. Haven't read the ...

Yeah so for a student from another field than philosophy, I suppose it's fine to read philosophy in translations.

Aside from philosophy graduates and professors, why should one learn three different languages for the sake of philosophy? No offense but cannot philo...

Out of curiosity, which language(s) should be learned to read philosophical texts? I could read Hume and other English philosophers at least but it's ...

So to read and understand Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger and other German philosophers, I should learn to speak German? English is not my native language....

Thanks for the help. I got Socrates to Sartre by Samuel Enoch Stumpf which covers Kant and the rest above. That might come in handy. Also, I heard Dav...

If you have any suggestions, I'd be grateful to hear it. I got Montaigne and Pascal at home and I see Descartes' magnum opus is not lengthy at all so ...

So until Heidegger, no other writer needed than those I listed? I'm familiar with Plato, Heraclitus and Seneca but probably among these only Plato nee...

But as you and others suggested, they reacted to one another. So there is a continuation, one is inspired by the other before him. For this reason, I ...

Thanks all. Plato and Seneca really got me into philosophy while Dostoevsky and existential psychology made me want to learn about existentialism. I t...

So which works of them would you recommend? Sorry, I'm just really confused. I'm a psychology student, I read Dostoevsky and Kafka. Their works made m...

Is it a good idea to start Nietzsche by reading Beyond Good and Evil or what should be the first book I read by him?