How do I become a philosopher?

Question: How do I become a philosopher!?
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In my veiw, it starts with first realising that to some extent you already are a philosopher, as you think and draw your own conclusions!. then from there you might wnat to go into the beliefs you hold, ideas you hold, actions you take, etc!. !.!. and see what their source is!.!. If you find that they are not based on your own judgement, then start thinking!. This is philiosophising!. ( at least to me it is)

also, a good book to check out would be " Philosophy: Who needs it" by Ayn RandWww@QuestionHome@Com

Start by reading!. Here's a list to get you stated:

Plato -- The Republic, The Laws
Aristotle -- Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics
Thucydides -- The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians
St!.Augustine -- The City of God
Dante -- The Divine Comedy
Maimonides -- the guide of the Perplexed
St!. Aquinas -- Summa Theologica
Machiavelli -- The Prince, The Discourses on the First ten books of Titus Livius
Bacon -- New Atlantis, Advancement of Learning
Descartes -- Discourse on Method, Meditations
Hobbes -- Leviathan
Locke -- Two Treatises of government, An essay concerning Human Understanding
Milton -- Paradise Lost
Shakespeare -- Hamlet, King Lear,
Spinoza -- Theologico-Political Treatise
Hume -- Treatise of Human Understanding, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Rousseau -- Social Contract, Discourse on the Sciences and Arts
Smith -- The Wealth of Nations
Burke -- Reflections on the Revolution in France
Kant -- Critique of pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason
Hegel -- Phenomenolgy of the Mind
Marx -- Capital
Nietzsche -- Beyond Good and evil, Thus spoke Zarathustra
Husserl -- Logical Investigations
Heidegger -- Being and Time
Wittgenstein -- Philosophical Investigations
Popper -- The Logic of Scientific Discovery, The open Society and its Enemies
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Observe life
Question life
Create answers for your questions
Draw your logical answers into conclusions
As time goes on, modify your conclusionsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Seek wisdom and truth!. Think, put your logic and reasoning to test and to good!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.sit down, observe and think about it and tell me what you think about the world situation!.!.!.
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Think about life, then study all the ways others have thought about life!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You become a philosopher!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

most of them go to college and have doctorates in philosophy!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Just think and write down what you think!.Www@QuestionHome@Com