Hello I’m new here. I’ve always loved writing. I’m always writing pieces on my opinions and informational essays that are not requested by anyone. Lately I’ve run dry of ideas, so I wrote about fate my opinion on fate,purpose of life and so on I didn’t know fate and such topics are philosophical.
Though I’m really interested. I’ve researched more topics I could write about, though I search the topics and write on them. I can’t read the material or listen to the material, I’m not sure why.
I’m very interested in philosophy and wanna learn more. I can’t read about others’thoughts on philosophical topics but I can give my thoughts and make conclusions on them myself. I’m really interested in Philosophy of Mind & Religion, Ethics & Aesthetics and Metaphysics just in general. I’m 13 and have always loved writing on topics I am passionate about and wanna know what are books or anything I could look into.
It’s good to have courage and independence, but people tend to re-invent the wheel or repeat the same old mistakes if they don’t study what has already been achieved. It’s also a joy to read great philosophy.
It’s hard to focus I don’t find most things interesting I try reading Philosophy but the material feels dense I don’t find it interesting. I don’t think I can read too well, I forget what I read if it’s boring. I’ve read only The Stranger-by Albert Camus it was okay I enjoyed reading it. I tried other books but I don’t like them. I’m not sure why I forget what I read because maybe it is not to my interest.
What has been achieved already I learn as I write. I write a lot then do research on what I wrote and try reading others to see if there are any flaws in my logic. I don’t mean to re-invent.
Try some Plato maybe. Many of the dialogues are short and entertaining, with subjects that will catch your attention if philosophy interests you.
Don’t worry about having forgotten what you’ve read. Philosophy is often quite complicated, sometimes boring. I’ve found that when I hit on something which interests me, I have to reread it usually more than once before I understand it, and only then do I remember it.
I do tend to remember quite a lot pretty fast if i find it interesting. I think I have heard a bit about Plato in A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
Your enthusiasm to learn more is to be admired, and curiosity about “big questions” is one of the most important traits of anyone who wants to engage in philosophy.
In fact, asking them means you are already thinking like a philosopher!
It’s great to come up with your own ideas and opinions about things, but the more you read about the opinions of others - and there have been a lot of opinions! - the more informed your opinions will be.
A good place to start is with a book that gives you some summary of the variety of philosophical traditions that we’ve seen all around the world.
The book I’ve linked below “travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought” - and gives you an opportunity to see some of the ways in which philosophies can be the same, and how they can be different.
Thanks a lot, I have bought a bunch of books only to not be interested in most. I’ll keep this one mind. I love hearing about others philosophical beliefs and thoughts. Though there’s topics I haven’t reached yet.