Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Husserl—these guys are pretty dense, each in their own way. And many smart, thoughtful people I know complain that at least some of them are altogether incomprehensible. Life is too short to spend reading a paragraph over and over in the hope that it will eventually break open and reveal its meaning. Why—if these thinkers are supposedly so brilliant—are they so incapable of writing clearly and directly
Why Are Philosophers Hard To Understand?
Why Are Philosophers Hard To Understand?
Why Are Philosophers Hard To Understand?
Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Husserl—these guys are pretty dense, each in their own way. And many smart, thoughtful people I know complain that at least some of them are altogether incomprehensible. Life is too short to spend reading a paragraph over and over in the hope that it will eventually break open and reveal its meaning. Why—if these thinkers are supposedly so brilliant—are they so incapable of writing clearly and directly