How can I learn philosophy?
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before start survey courses, remember european powers took on world murder, , lies.
because ruled militarily, ruled economically, , got tweak history of thought make superior.
wanted convince had brought civilization heathen savages, pretended european thought worthy line, starting greeks.
pure propaganda, yet is still effective.
chinese knew before 1250 sun, not earth, center of solar system. 4 hundred years before europeans took weapons conquer, plunder, , enslave, rest of world.. indians, , chinese had been debating issues still hot in european philosophy today, thousand years.
philosophers in europe bitterly argued geocentric concepts before copernicus, kepler, , newton, applied galilean observations sky. there many examples of kind.
asians had many of schools of thought labeled greek or german, or french names, long before collapse of roman empire, , before greeks.
rising power of china, , india, reveal this, when documents stolen french, , british empires, returned.
whatever line pursue, remember life not composed of simple discrete concepts. fluid mix of more factors can trace, right now. hardly expressed in convenient form in european writing, yet can felt in poetry.
set pen japanese monk-philosopher in thirteenth century.
morality discussed in circles, yet monk recognized if people taught train brain remember causes produce effects, , past-present-future transformations of each other, moral questions acquire easy answers.
monk, name nichiren, recognized individual events, , lives, change, yet life, components, goes on.
saw these principles had been expressed in 5 chinese words in fifth century brilliant philosopher called kumarajiva.
nichiren wanted able use these singular accomplishments of observation, , thought.
took five-word expression, , added transliterated sanskrit term intention, focus, dedication them.
if use nichiren method train brain, peruse philosophy, poetry, or art, in world clearly, , see inherent connections else,
how should started? it's broad topic i'd enjoy learning about. should start reading books written famous philosophers? or should learn more branches of philosophy? please recommend books , websites if can! thank you.
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