Leo any value in studying the Greek philosophers?

[Magnanimous]

I feel that even though you hold these as a waste of time we can still learn valuable stuff from them. They talk about a HUGE variety of things from the brief glimpses I've had in their books and I was just wondering if the breadth and subsequent quality of that information was worth studying them.

P.S. Done no spiritual work. Newbie knowledge level

[Leo Gura]

Some value. Not too much.

[UnbornTao]

Some of the early greeks were powerful thinkers, much more so than the average person of today. Outlines of Phyrrhonism is an excellent book on the principle of openness. Study it. 

Edited September 26, 2023 by UnbornTao

[Leo Gura]

Plotinus is the best philosopher of that era.

[toasty7718]

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

[Arthogaan]

36 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Plotinus is the best philosopher of that era.

Holy shit, he is good, just reading about him.

He must have taken some ancient shrooms.

[Razard86]

Stoicism is a concept you can learn.

There is a book about some Greek Philosophy called the Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday. It's pretty good.

[Girzo]

Ryan Holiday is a kid. I would recommend his other book about media manipulation (he worked in media marketing) for young guys, but that’s it. His philosopy is shit.

There is a very cool copy of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations with intro by a greek researcher of the ancient times. That’s the best version of this book you can read.

 

[Jacob Morres]

@UnbornTao it's incredibly impressive too. With the corruption and lack of development at that time and still those geniuses existed? Christ 

[UnbornTao]

1 hour ago, Jacob Morres said:

@UnbornTao it's incredibly impressive too. With the corruption and lack of development at that time and still those geniuses existed? Christ 

Yes.

On the other hand, to play devil's advocate, they invented democracy, and the argument could be made that our current society has declined in many ways. But I agree overall.