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For serious. I was wondering why there were so few comments on this post, but with that first one there's no need for other comments.

There's still so much for me to study first... I'm still learning my own beliefs, my own philosophy, trying to understand those before me. But I suppose that's the journey of every student of the art. I'm literally a high school student. I might minor in philosophy as it is really important to me.

If you're interested in the ideas I have I can recommend a few sources. The LaVey "satanic Bible" (really more of a nontheistic moral exercise from a skeptic) has a lot of great ideas, and I'd describe myself as Nietzschean in my moral thinking. Study Nietzsche. His original materials can be a little dense (I sadly don't speak German to read the original and it doesn't translate very well to English).

I listen to The Nietzsche Podcast by Untimely Reflections on Spotify. He does a really good job of summarizing and expanding upon Nietzsche's works, sentence-by-sentence. And get a philosophy book. Any good overview, I've only studied at highschool level (albeit my highschool curriculum uses mostly college resources).

And most importantly... Think. Just sit down, be quiet. Meditate. Ik it's kind of cliche but it actually does help. When you read a concept - close the book. Sit quietly and ask yourself "what does this mean? What do I believe? Does this change it? Could I be wrong? (Always, always be open to changing your entire world)."

If you choose to, I hope you enjoy this field of study as much as I have! It's an extremely rewarding process - and ongoing throughout your life. It doesn't matter your "specialty" or "calling" - philosophy affects us all.