I have hit that point in every man's life when he becomes interested in ancient Greece. I'm looking for recommendations for books or any other kind of material to study the topic. Whether it's history, literature, mythology, or philosophy, anything goes
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>>18546373Save time. Learn about Socrates and Parmenides. That's all you need.
>>18546373Get into Greco-Roman mythology first
>>18546396I am not overly keen on Parmenides (I prefer the positivism of Heraclitus) though he is most important of the early presocratics - “Being as thinking” elevates Being to a cognitive power which is both above the pagan gods of say Homer and also a more concrete substance than the Ionians like Thales and his “all is water” for instance. Cognition as all that there is and sense perception as a falsehood is the first true philosophic statement
grow up nigga and become a byzantine poster
>>18546373> that point in every man's life when he becomes interested in ancient GreeceAre you a six year old? Why has it taken so long?
>>18546373Obviously start with the Iliad and then move either onto Odyssey or right onto Plato.
>>18546663>PlatoYou want to bore him to death?
>>18546669Plato is anything but.
>>18546373Donald Kagan's The Peloponnesian War is good
