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Originally Posted by pbradley
I think that is quite ridiculous. Should you be so content to read the footnotes of a book instead the book itself in order to save time? I would say the legs of the table are the most essential element to the structure of a table yet you seem to suggest that they are not because the table apparently already stands. Nietzsche himself can be found in the character of Callicles in the Gorgias!
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I think the table metaphor is fine, but philosophy isn't a table. The root of Western epistemics isn't an object, it's manifested everywhere. I'm not saying one shouldn't read Plato, but as he's everywhere already, you don't really need to rush to read him.