I want to be a philosopher anyone know any good books

Question

I want to be a philosopher anyone know any good books

Answer 1

I do not think there is a how to book for philosophers. One does not become a philosopher, you either are or are not. You are a philosopher if you look at / read anything and everything- always with an inquiring mind. If you take a lot of time to observe the world and all that is in it and outside of it. A philosopher is constantly thinking.

If you see yourself as having done so already then I suggest you start reading the works of many great philosophers and interpreting them for yourself and start writing down your own philosophy.

I wish you greater wisdom and happiness.

Answer 2

Try Sophie's World, by Jostein Gaarder.  It's a novel that acts as a survey of western philosophy.  Knowing the basics of each major branch will help you find the one that most interests you.  I would recommend a detour into a logic book to better interact with philosophical text, and then dive right into the specialty you've chosen.

Answer 3

Read Bhagavad gita(Krishna's word). It is best book of gr8 philosophy.

Trust me, everything is philosophy in that book.

Unlike bible, Its not a book of rules. Its a book of Philosophy.

by reading bible, Christians thinks all religion books will be with set of instruction(Should do rules). Every book wont talk like bible... Many Hindu/Buddhist books talks about philosophy than rules.

Have a copy and read.

Answer 4

"Harry Potter and Philosophy:  If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts," ed. Klein and Baggett.

"A Philosophy of Universality," O. M. Aivanhov.

"Psychoenergetic Science," Dr. William A. Tiller, http://www.tiller.org

"The Path of the Higher Self," Mark Prophet.

Answer 5

Sophie's World is a good one to start - I agree with another user that it will help you to isolate what area you may be interested in.

"The Pig That Wants to be Eaten" by Julian Baggini and "Can a Robot be a Human?" by Peter Cave are books with lots of philosophical "thought-experiments" (the kind of cliched philosopher questions that keep people up all night debating with one another). They both have vast bibliographies at the back for further reading on any topic which may take your fancy. Both are light, readable and great dinner-time conversation fodder :D

Answer 6

We can't say "I want to be.." when it comes to philosophy.

You must first examine if you love to philosophize, if your mind can expand that much, if hour mental horizons are wide.  Once you feel you love thinking deeply, analyzing Life issues, than, you can see who are the most well known philosophers, being Roman, Greek , Asian or contemporary and going to a good bookstore at the Philosophy section, you can find many precious books.  Start with those that are easily read, simplified.   Once you love Philosophy, you can easily find a way to it.

Good luck.