from Introduction to Philosophy The First Book of Philosophy https://twitter.com/nishio/status/1170164552433975296?s=21
I think that recommending “a translation of a book written by a foreign expert who tries to propose a novel concept to his field” as a first book does not fit your needs. Kitaro Nishida’s Introduction to Philosophy, the transcript of a lecture given by a Japanese philosopher to university undergraduates, is available in PDF format. - Philosophy books and code reading - In other words, it is like “reading the source code of widely used open source software at the time it was first released by the author. - It’s useful, for example, the first commit in Git is easier to understand the essence of the idea because there are no details added afterwards. - I don’t know, but how about letting a beginner in programming read it?
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