You're assuming "building things" will bring us closer to getting to know the world a little better (or its essence), that might be false. > so of course they

You're assuming "building things" will bring us closer to getting to know the world a little better (or its essence), that might be false. > so of course they would be a small minority of philosophers I'm not a philosopher myself but I found Heraclitus's writings (Democritus's, too) a lot more interesting than many philosophers' writings from the 20th century, in this field being more modern doesn't necessarily mean being better or knowing more.