top | item 33015336 (no title) ckosidows | 3 years ago Just curious, as I'm not a philosopher, but why _can't_ you learn philosophy without learning its history? discuss order hn newest xboxnolifes|3 years ago That's what the first 3 paragraphs are talking about. Philosophy is organized and contextualized by it's historical people and works. stewbrew|3 years ago Because you need to follow the trajectory of some philosopher in order to fully comprehend what it is about. You don't understand it by just memorizing the summary from some encyclopedia.
xboxnolifes|3 years ago That's what the first 3 paragraphs are talking about. Philosophy is organized and contextualized by it's historical people and works.
stewbrew|3 years ago Because you need to follow the trajectory of some philosopher in order to fully comprehend what it is about. You don't understand it by just memorizing the summary from some encyclopedia.
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