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Introducing myself to philosophy -
July 4th 2011, 08:38 AM
Does anyone knows a good film about philosophy?
 I mean, actually philosophical, such as 'Waking Life', with an exposition of theories and so on. AND which philosopher would you recomend me? I'm becoming quite interested in philosophy nowadays and I currently have Unamuno, Comte-Sponville and Frankl books, would be interested in people like Nietzsche and Sartre, or maybe about politics like Marx do you know any good one you've read? I'd appreciate your answers
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July 12th 2011, 03:35 PM
I know a lot of films with philosophical implications as it were, but I'm not sure if they count as explicitly 'actually philosophical' - and there are a few to do with various philosophical theories, for example Groundhog Day is a good one to watch to get a bit of a take on Nietsche's theory of eternal return, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a great film and very good to watch if you're interested in theories of the constant self and memory etc.
I personally like Marcus Aurelius' Meditations as a sort of very basic collection of philosophical thoughs - I wouldn't recommend reading, say, Kant at a beginner level but Sartre is very easy to understand; I'd recommend Existentialism Is A Humanism. There are also a few philosophical giants like Locke, Hume, Descartes, even Aristotle who are fairly easy to understand, but you're probably best off getting a general book that covers several theories just as an introduction. Hope that helped
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July 13th 2011, 04:36 PM
Thank you!
I've read an existentialist book and you're right, seems easy to understand and, on the other hard, it's pretty interesting. Thanks for your post, I find it very helpful
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July 14th 2011, 07:42 PM
Great! Glad to be of some assistance... feel free to PM me if you wanna do some reading/ studying on a certain topic, I'm sure I can find something on most stuff.
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Re: Introducing myself to philosophy -
July 16th 2011, 09:31 AM
Marx- The Communist Manifesto is a fun/easy read (as far as Marxism goes)
Nietzsche- His Genealogy of Morality is very interesting, often considered his masterpiece. Sartre- I personally really enjoyed reading Existentialism is a Humanism (another short and easy read by Sartre) the first time I read it. You wont fully understand it, and Sartre went back on it later, but he is widely misunderstood anyway as a philosopher. I don't know any good overtly philosophical films. |
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