Who is far and away the greatest commentator on the works of Plato who has ever lived ? The answer is obvious: Aristotle. Not only is Aristotle the most brilliant philosopher who ever wrote about Plato, he actually studied with the man for twenty years! And yet, this fact has not stopped two thousand five hundred years of philosophers from puzzling over Plato's Dialogues, poking at them, prodding them, reinterpreting them, translating them into every imaginable language. No one would ever say to a Plato scholar who has just brought out a new book on one of the Dialogues, "Why do you bother? Aristotle already has told us what to think about that."
- Robert Paul Wolf on Why Do We Read The Great Philosophers?
- Robert Paul Wolf on Why Do We Read The Great Philosophers?
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