Re:Why read old philosophy?
by dragonwriter on Friday May 18, 2018 @02:32PM
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> One reason to read old philosophy is that it is way more approachable
I don't think that's really true in general. Sure, Plato is more approachable than Wittgenstein, but I don't think the comparison works the same with, say, Rawls in place of Wittgenstein.
I don't think that's really true in general. Sure, Plato is more approachable than Wittgenstein, but I don't think the comparison works the same with, say, Rawls in place of Wittgenstein.