So I want to get into and start reading up on some Continental Philosophy. I've already taken a Philosophy 101 class and we covered a broad scope of topics from Plato to Existentialism, so I have a rudimentary overview of the subject.
Can anyone recommend me some places to start?
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Anonymous2008-12-14 9:44
Your first buy should be Russell's History of Western Philosophy, although the old son is very biased, especially towards marxism, his book is a solid resource for the medieval and enlightenment philosophy.
Apart from that, Kant, Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche should be your next books. Hell, the postmodernism we are dabbling about today is rooted from Hegel. Then you should proceed to Heidegger and finish with Adorno and Horkheimer.
Books:
Kant - Critique of Human Understanding (or somewhat I'm translating the German title)
Kant - Ethics
Hegel - Phenomenology of Spirit
Marx - 1814 handwritings and communist manifesto
Nietzsche - Will to Power and Twilight of idols
Adorno&Horkheimer - Dialectic of Enlightenment
Heidegger - Being and Time.
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Ok maybe leave out Rand, but the others are great and it would give the OP a somewhat broad overview of philosophy. Name a few more authors if you still don't agree.