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Comment by heinrichf

Commenting as a mathematician who sometimes uses the Bourbaki books as reference for research: this is probably not a good idea. These books have a very dry style and in particular rarely contain detailed examples, motivation for definitions, or intuition for theorems.

They are great for reference if you already know the subject, but if you want to learn something, you'd be better off using introductory textbooks for the various fields you're interested in. I'm happy to make recommendations, and you can also look up syllabi for math undergrad at Stanford, Princeton, etc.

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