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The pragmatic in me would rather meet Plato and Locke in a one semester summary than reading Plato or Locke and working out the exegesis out of it. I agree thes
by johnchristopher 11y ago
The pragmatic in me would rather meet Plato and Locke in a one semester summary than reading Plato or Locke and working out the exegesis out of it. I agree these are different experiences that bring different kind of pleasure though.
Yes, I also hit wikipedia to know how the Fringe and Life on Mars would end because the fillers were too much to bear.
- cafard 11y agoThe advantage of your approach is that philosophers in general are responding to their predecessors and the difficulties they have found there. Reading any given philosopher without sufficient context will be unprofitable. Still, I think that if you find time, you are better off getting the context and reading the source.