>>20117265Talking to a philosopher at all is the equivalent of punching yourself in the face, even the ones that are right, don't do it
>>20117329Follow some of the fundamentals and branch off from there to experiment a bit. Hegel is a must-read, the obvious base-level shit like Plato and Socrates are worth at least having a small understanding of as a baseline, and at least attempt to read Marx so that you can understand what he was saying and notice how far off from that core nearly everyone is when they reference him.
>>20117459From what I see, he's fine enough, but I'd only really consider his views as an alternative way to view things as a comparison to whatever you follow, not a path to follow in and of itself.