Philosophy

[Giant]

Just wondering whose philosophy people here have found to be the most inspirational/profound.
I philosophize but I've never really studied any philosophy.

[Knave]

'Socrates was a man who went around giving people advice - so they killed him'.

11 year old childs answer when asked to describe the philosopher

[Maxemillion]

yeh I bet he was well annoying, there's a bit of a historical theme of people that wander about telling others what to do getting messed up

[Darood]

Sophism / stoicism are the shit.

Is it worth my time to study Philosophy?

I've often thought about it, but never actually studied any..

I am 21 years old.. will this benefit me? I wouldn't know where to start

[Giant]

Originally Posted by amit1207

Socrates, he is the tree and the rest are branches and leaf.

Where can I get his writings, oh hang on a second...

[Phil]

Originally Posted by kowalski

He is not known for telling people what to do. He did, from what we know, tell people they were wrong in public a bit though. Both are annoying.


Peace,

socrates

fixed.......

[Knave]

Most subjects you forget soon after learning like I've forgotten things like geometry and I don't remember much about the edwardians but you study philosophy and you learn just enough to fuck you up for the rest of your life.

[RLAJay]

+1 Being and Nothingness

[Phenom]

Originally Posted by Giant

Just wondering whose philosophy people here have found to be the most inspirational/profound.
I philosophize but I've never really studied any philosophy.

You could always get one of those 'philosophy for dummies' or 'a-z of philosophy' type books. One where your gonna get a brief overview of the different schools of philosophy and the different philosophers out there.

Once you come across one that you like or makes sense to you, you can then read further into their works. Just a thought.