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Anonymous

How do you start? 05/20/26(Wed)06:56:36 No.25290620

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How do you start? Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)06:56:36 No.25290620 Archived

I've never really read anything other than pop history or fantasy but all this Odyssey shit has got me interested in civilization

The western civ defenders are cursing Emily Wilson saying she is degrading western civilisation so it must be important all these texts

So how do you start from the start? I'm being totally serious I'm ready

Anonymous
05/20/26(Wed)07:39:19 No.25290654

Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)07:39:19 No.25290654

Start with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Anonymous
05/20/26(Wed)10:43:03 No.25290868

Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)10:43:03 No.25290868

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Anonymous
05/20/26(Wed)18:57:47 No.25291689

Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)18:57:47 No.25291689

>>25290654
such a good children's book. i loved that shit as a five year old. start here OP

Anonymous
05/20/26(Wed)19:02:43 No.25291697

Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)19:02:43 No.25291697

>>25290868
I can't imagine recommending Euclid's Elements, a 500 page geometry textbook from the fourth century BC, to a beginner

Anonymous
05/20/26(Wed)19:05:43 No.25291700

Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)19:05:43 No.25291700

>>25291697
That‘s why it‘s at the bottom-right of the list.

Anonymous
05/20/26(Wed)19:23:59 No.25291735

Anonymous 05/20/26(Wed)19:23:59 No.25291735

>IT'S THE JACKEEEEEEET