The first step towards the philosophical mindset is to allow yourself to be amazed by perfectly ordinary things.
The second step is reading books btw, in case you were wondering.
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I remember how this goes. 1. Be amazed by ordinary things. 2. Read books. 3. ... 4. Prophet.
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Couldn't agree more. The only way to get anywhere in Philosophy is to read, read and read!pic.twitter.com/vhvZDv9J7X
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My favourite thing about that book is the chapter on the deaths of famous philosphers.
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Third step is be isolated as much as you could.
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Step 3: Now go read the secondary literature and realise why your original interpretations were laughably wrong
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question everything
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Not just books - mag articles, social media posts, graphic novels and really anything else worthwhile. In short: read long and short
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This may have come off a bit too late
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Nah, I'd rather read 140 char tweets.
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