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That's sort of evil to use as an 'Introduction'...it's like reading the Silmarillion before you read LOTR.
by count 15y ago
That's sort of evil to use as an 'Introduction'...it's like reading the Silmarillion before you read LOTR.
- kd0amg 15y agoIt's substantially simpler and more straightforward than a lot of the primary sources, which makes me wonder what is the analogue of LOTR here.
- sebkomianos 15y agoYou did that as well? I thought I was the only person in the entire to universe to do so.
- mindcrime 15y agoMaybe, but it's a nice overview of a lot of stuff, spanning a long period of time, and it is better - IMO - than telling somebody "go read primary sources for all Western philosophy developed since the Greeks." I suppose one could recommend Frederick Copleston's A History of Philosophy, but it's difficult due to all the untranslated quotes from primary sources. (Well, unless you happen to read Latin, German, Greek, and whatever else.) It's also 9 volumes long, which is quite an undertaking.