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Christopher Johnson
Is it safe to read from the first Greek chart if I have little prior knowledge?
Benjamin Thompson
I'd go with something general from the Start with the Greeks 1 chart - possibly some book on mythology. Just to get acquainted to certain characters and names. But if you feel confident, just take an edition of the Iliad with good notes and introduction, and start with that.
Xavier Garcia
user from last thread - put your email in the body of the message so I can replies you!
Angel Nelson
Anyone caught this issue? Only read a few articles so far - varying quality, but some good bits. Relevant articles:
SOCRATES, PLATO AND MODERN LIFE Rediscovering Plato’s Vision
Mark Vernon sees Plato in an old light. Socrates, Memory & The Internet
Matt Bluemink uses a Socratic argument to assess the influence of the net on our brains and our minds. Embracing Imperfection: Plato vs Nussbaum On Love
Lillian Wilde contemplates what love means. Socrates & Pre-Truth Politics
Spencer Klavan proclaims Socrates’ revolutionary answer to Nietzsche and Trump. Would Plato Allow Facebook In His Republic?
Jenni Jenkins argues, probably not.
Jose Rivera
What would a soul be like after drinking from the River Lethe in Plato's Myth of Er? I tend to think of my soul at least partly consisting in my experiences. I guess I should read up on cases of severe amnesia.
John Morales
Well, mind is first defined by its faculties, then by its experiences. You would still be something that has the potential for rationality, at least in Platonic terms.
Lots of these sound like clickbait titles, but I'd still be interested in checking them out... Though sometimes the comfyness of the Greeks is exactly the fact that they seem to ignore all the modern (now internet-related) chaos...
Luke Long
no you will explode
Brayden Cook
brainlet here who can't concentrate on reading for long periods of time due to dopamine reward system being fucked up. are audiobooks fine? i will use them anyway but am curious on Veeky Forums's thoughts on them
Michael Martinez
Pardon my asking, but why are you unable to concentrate for a long time? Is it a mental condition? I hope I'm not being rude for asking. If that's the case, audiobooks are a great substitute.
Aaron Martinez
Are there any Latin language learning audiotape things out there I'm yet to find any but I still have my hopes
I now have to do a lot of driving and was hoping I could improve my Latin
Carson Bell
I'm trying to go back and replace my half-assed knowledge of Latin with a complete understanding of it. I have my old undergrad copy of Wheelock's Latin, and I have Caesar's De Bello Gallico as a text to work with. Anything else you guys would recommend?
Anthony Nelson
i've been diagnosed with adhd a few times. mostly i've just overstimulated my brain with gaming/porn/media to where it's hard for me to sit down and concentrate on a book for hours in silence. especially if the book is challenging in some way.
Ryder Cook
Audio books are great, at the very least for giving you a general overview of a complex work. When combined with walking I find them just as easy to focus on & absorb. Concentration has to be trained like a muscle. Start with 20min stretches, possibly on something intermidiate. Set a fucking timer if you must. Then edge it up. desu although I can read for multiple hours, I think an hour is completely fine. Maybe aim to reach a couple of hours a day, in the morning & evening. Also games/porn/media are a fucking waste of time. Make a conscious effort not to over indulge or you'll be left with a mental beer-belly.
Tyler Perry
I found the audiobook of the odissey better than actually reading it. I really liked it, go for it.
Ryan Brooks
OP stop posting those shitty "resume with the Romans" charts. That Classics PhD like two threads ago had a way better list
Dylan Brooks
Of course it's "fine." Do whatever you want. Odyssey and Iliad were oral poems; ancient theater was literally theater; none of that shit was made to be read
Dylan Stewart
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Ethan White
All the people on here who claim to read / know Roman literature are in truth plebeians, because they haven't read Lucretius.
Sebastian Gomez
There's a tape floating around somewhere of Orberg reading the LLPSI books aloud. t. someone who read it in translation
Michael Ross
Any Sanskritists here? Recs to learn Sanskrit?
Andrew Anderson
i appreciate the advice and will try that out. thank you
Matthew Ross
I agree here. Moderation is key. It reminds me of Epicurus a bit. :)
Christian Jenkins
You are right, I just forgot to include it! Next time it'll be there
