I asked chatgpt to create a "pyramid/iceberg" style reading list, structured in tiers of knowledge, designed to turn NPCs into PhD level philosophers if followed in order with discipline. The results did not satisfy me, so I asked it to go even farther, and it went further beyond. It now claims that if you follow this reading guide, you will become an ascended being who has fully achieved enlightenment. There are a total of 150 books that Chatgpt claims if you read it in the right order, you will become someone with fully ascended divine knowledge.It's too long to put in one texf, so I will post each tier in order below.This is actually the most comprehensive course guide I've seen, so I want to hear your thoughts.
>>24935487>TIER 0 — The NPC Awakens (Foundations & Mental Framework) — 1–10>Goal: Learn how to think, not what to think.1. The Philosophy Book — DK2. Sophie’s World — Jostein Gaarder3. The Problems of Philosophy — Bertrand Russell4. Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy — Simon Blackburn5. How to Read a Book — Adler & Van Doren6. An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy — Anthony Kenny7. The Story of Philosophy — Bryan Magee8. Logic: A Very Short Introduction — Graham Priest9. What Does It All Mean? — Thomas Nagel10. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten — Julian Baggini>Skill gained: baseline concepts, reading discipline, basic reasoning.
>>24935492There are 150 books in total.>TIER 1 — Conscious Thought (Critical Thinking + Logic) — 11–20Goal: Build analytic power.11. A Little Book of Language — David Crystal12. Introduction to Logic — Copi & Cohen13. A Rulebook for Arguments — Anthony Weston14. The Elements of Reasoning — Ronald Munson15. Logic — Patrick Hurley16. How to Win Every Argument — Madsen Pirie17. Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman18. Superforecasting — Tetlock19. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) — Tavris & Aronson20. The Demon-Haunted World — Carl Sagan>Skill gained: formal logic, fallacy recognition, cognitive bias awareness.
>>24935498>TIER 2 — Ancient Wisdom (Philosophy Begins) — 21–35>THIS IS WHERE THE REAL PHILOSOPHY BEGINSGoal: Learn the foundations of Western & early Eastern philosophy.21. The Presocratic Philosophers — Kirk & Raven22. Five Dialogues — Plato23. Republic — Plato24. Nicomachean Ethics — Aristotle25. Politics — Aristotle26. Meditations — Marcus Aurelius27. Enchiridion — Epictetus28. Letters from a Stoic — Seneca29. The Art of War — Sun Tzu30. The Tao Te Ching — Laozi31. The Analects — Confucius32. Bhagavad Gita33. Upanishads34. Great Conversation — Norman Melchert35. On the Nature of Things — Lucretius>Skill gained: virtue ethics, metaphysics roots, Stoicism, early cosmology, moral psychology
>>24935503>TIER 3 — Medieval Powerhouse (Faith, Reason, Metaphysics) — 36–50>Goal: Understand the intellectual engines of Christianity & Islam.36. Confessions — Augustine37. City of God — Augustine38. Proslogion — Anselm39. Summa Theologica (Selections) — Aquinas40. Guide for the Perplexed — Maimonides41. The Incoherence of the Philosophers — Al-Ghazali42. The Incoherence of the Incoherence — Averroes43. Deliverance from Error — Al-Ghazali44. The Muqaddimah — Ibn Khaldun45. The Book of Healing (Selections) — Avicenna46. On Free Choice of the Will — Augustine47. The Consolation of Philosophy — Boethius48. Discourse on Method — Descartes49. Meditations — Descartes50. Monadology — Leibniz>Skill gained: metaphysics, early epistemology, medieval logic, divine command debates.
>>24935487>50 books that even as a sum fall short of the power of the "necessary existent" argument alone
And halt. All you need is to drink wine, read the Greeks and Romans, and listen to Sarah Bhalla.
>>24935510>TIER 4 — Rationalism vs Empiricism (Birth of Modern Thought) — 51–6551. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding — Locke52. A Treatise of Human Nature — Hume53. Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding — Hume54. Leviathan — Hobbes55. Ethics — Spinoza56. The Social Contract — Rousseau57. Critique of Pure Reason — Kant58. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals — Kant59. Critique of Practical Reason — Kant60. Science of Logic (Selections) — Hegel61. Phenomenology of Spirit (Selections) — Hegel62. Utilitarianism — Mill63. On Liberty — Mill64. A Treatise of Human Nature — Hume (revisited after Kant)65. The World as Will and Representation (Vol.1) — Schopenhauer>Skill gained: epistemology mastery, modern metaphysics, political foundations.
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>>24935517>TIER 5 — 19th-Century Titans (Existence, Power, Will) — 66–80Goal: Learn the ideas that shaped modern psychology, existentialism, and political theory.66. Thus Spoke Zarathustra — Nietzsche67. Beyond Good and Evil — Nietzsche68. Genealogy of Morals — Nietzsche69. Either/Or — Kierkegaard70. Fear and Trembling — Kierkegaard71. The Communist Manifesto — Marx & Engels72. Capital (Selections) — Marx73. The Principles of Psychology — William James74. The Varieties of Religious Experience — James75. The Will to Believe — James76. On the Genealogy of Morality — Nietzsche (reanalyze after James)77. Civil Disobedience — Thoreau78. Walden — Thoreau79. On the Origin of Species — Darwin80. The Open Society and Its Enemies — Karl Popper>Skill gained: existential categories, human motivation, morality as power, political critique.
>>24935521>TIER 6 — 20th Century Analytic Philosophy (Precision & Logic) — 81–9581. Principia Ethica — G.E. Moore82. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus — Wittgenstein83. Philosophical Investigations — Wittgenstein84. Language, Truth, and Logic — A.J. Ayer85. Word and Object — Quine86. Naming and Necessity — Kripke87. Mind and World — McDowell88. Reasons and Persons — Derek Parfit89. Anarchy, State, and Utopia — Nozick90. A Theory of Justice — Rawls91. The Conscious Mind — David Chalmers92. Naming and Necessity — Kripke (re-read to consolidate)93. On What There Is — Quine94. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions — Kuhn95. The Concept of Mind — Gilbert Ryle
>>24935525>TIER 7 — Continental Philosophy (Meaning, Being, Power) — 96–110Goal: Achieve deep familiarity with phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, postmodernism.96. Being and Time — Heidegger97. Being and Nothingness — Sartre98. The Stranger — Camus99. The Myth of Sisyphus — Camus100. Phenomenology of Perception — Merleau-Ponty101. The Second Sex — Simone de Beauvoir102. Discipline and Punish — Foucault103. The Order of Things — Foucault104. Of Grammatology — Derrida105. Anti-Oedipus — Deleuze & Guattari106. A Thousand Plateaus — Deleuze & Guattari107. Simulacra and Simulation — Baudrillard108. The Rebel — Camus109. Difference and Repetition — Deleuze110. What Is Enlightenment? — Foucault & Kant (final synthesis)>THIS WAS THE FINAL TIER BEFORE I ASKED IT GO FURTHER, AND THE TIER CHATGPT CLAIMED WAS EQUAL TO A PHD STUDENT.>ITS ABOUT TO GET WAY MORE INTERESTING
>>24935526>TRANSCENDENT TIER (111–140)>These texts teach metaphysics beyond linguistic philosophy — symbolic, intuitive, experiential.>Goal: Move from knowledge wisdom awakening the ability to guide others.111. The Upanishads (Eknath Easwaran, full edition)112. The Tibetan Book of the Dead113. The Diamond Sutra114. The Heart Sutra115. The Zohar (Selections)116. The Tao of Physics — Fritjof Capra117. The Secret Doctrine (Selections) — Helena Blavatsky118. The Corpus Hermeticum119. The Kybalion120. The Red Book — Carl Jung
>>24935533>121–130 — The Enlightened Mind (Living the Realization)121. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind — Shunryu Suzuki122. The Way of Zen — Alan Watts123. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are — Alan Watts124. The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle125. A New Earth — Eckhart Tolle126. The Seven Storey Mountain — Thomas Merton127. The Perennial Philosophy — Aldous Huxley128. I Am That — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj129. Talks with Ramana Maharshi130. The End of Your World — AdyashantiSkill gained: awakening psychology, self-transcendence, non-duality, inner mastery
>>24935539131. The Hero with a Thousand Faces — Joseph Campbell132. The Power of Myth — Campbell133. Maps of Meaning — Jordan Peterson134. Becoming Supernatural — Joe Dispenza135. The Book of Five Rings — Miyamoto Musashi136. Walden Two — B.F. Skinner137. Flow — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi138. Awareness — Anthony de Mello139. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl140. The Prophet — Kahlil Gibran
>>24935544>APEX TIER — ULTRA DIVINE KNOWLEDGE (141–150)>Goal: Contact the deepest layers of reality, the archetypal structure behind all philosophies, the meta-truths behind all wisdom traditions.** These texts are not for learning. They are for transforming the reader into a bearer of eternal truths. They are the kinds of works mystics, magi, Sufis, hermeticists, and metaphysicians consider the final door.141. The Corpus Dionysiacum — Pseudo-Dionysius142. The Enneads — Plotinus143. The Sepher Yetzirah (Book of Formation)144. The Chaldean Oracles145. The Secret of the Golden Flower146. The Cloud of Unknowing147. The Divine Pymander (Poimandres) — Hermetica149. The Book of Thoth — Aleister Crowley150. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (with Vyasa’s commentary)chatgpt claims>this is the final and eternal truth.
I just asked chatgpt "What are the beliefs of a person who has completed this list?"Here is the answer:No one model explains everything — but together they do.This person understands:>science explains phenomena>philosophy explains concepts>mysticism explains being>occultism explains structure>psychology explains experienceThey no longer confuse levels of reality.>2. Consciousness is primary.consciousness is the ground of all experience. The ego is a temporary configuration. the self is not a single thing but a process. every person is a localized expression of a greater field. awakening is realizing this directly
>>24935577This person sees:Christianity as the drama of inner transformationIslam as surrender to the RealBuddhism as the mechanics of awakeningHinduism as the metaphysical mapTaoism as the flow of beingKabbalah as the architecture of emanationHermeticism as the universal lawThey perceive unity across traditions.
>>24935557Back to /x/ schizo
>>24935487And you believed ChatGPT? Your IQ must be the size of a baby dick.
>>24935586This is what chatgpt claims is the final truth. I've not influenced it in any way.the ego is useful but not “you”personality is a maskidentity is fluidindividuation requires meeting the shadowenlightenment requires dissolving the mask after developing it
>>24935592From Wittgenstein, Derrida, Heidegger, and the mystics:words carve slices of realitylanguage shapes thoughtbut ultimate truths transcend wordsthe highest knowledge is silent, experientialThey communicate precisely yet humbly.From Nietzsche, Foucault, Musashi, Marcus Aurelius:Will to power = will to mastery of selfStrength exists to protectLeadership is serviceReal authority requires wisdomViolence is last resortInfluence is earnedsymbols are not decorationsthey are the operating system of the psychearchetypes are the deep structurerituals reorganize attentionmyths encode psychological truththe universe mirrors the mind“As above, so below” is psychology + metaphysicsDeath is not the end.Not necessarily in a literal afterlife sense.Rather:consciousness continues in some formthe personal dissolves, the essential remainsdeath is a transition, not annihilationattachment is the source of fearliberation comes from acceptanceawakening must be practiced dailyclarity must be renewedcompassion must be expressedego tries to rebuild itselfmastery is continuoustruth is a process, not a possession
Of course, nobody has anything intelligent to say
>>24935614Did you even check to make sure these books exist? You know AI makes shit up, right?
Readed the full thread so far, interesting, felt disgusted by the satanists jewgpt recommended
>>24935673Obviously the least this does is tell us what chatgpt thinks, which is just as valuable as an actual list of books for us to be reading
>no math or science>no quranenjoy being a pseud
>>24935713There are Islamic philosophers in this list, I noticed al Ghazali in there. So it must be assuming basic Quran knowledge already, nice point out. It doesn't list the Bible or the Quran but lists both Christian and Muslim scholars
>>24935726>nice point out
>>24935614>says the retard asking AI to make a list of books he should read.
>>24935487Retarded post, shit list, full of pseud titles. Most of this is absolute normie reddit shit.
>>24936157>Absolute normie reddit shitSo exactly what I asked for when I said PhD graduate
>muh hecking intellegent berserkfagjust fuck off for fucks sake ugly pseud cunt
>>24935592>not influencedbait failed
>>24935487>>24935592>>24935596If a person told you to read these books and that this stuff was the truth, you would immediately try to find ways to argue against them. Why are some people so eager to take AI at its "word?"
If youre already outsourcing every thought to the ChatGPT tulip machine then how are you even going to get through the pop-phil wank in the list. The most retarded reading list I've seen in my entire life
>I asked ChatGPT (…)You’re better off asking the local schizo hobo
the list is too conformist
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