How much time do you need to give to a philosophical text in order to adequately understand it? That is a question I get asked, both in general and with respect to specific texts and authors, very often. There isn’t any good precise answer to a question like that. It depends on so many different factors. How complex and difficult is the text or the thought of that author? How well-equipped is the reader for grappling with philosophical texts? Are they already familiar with the author, or are they coming to the text “cold” as it were? How deep or extensive of an understanding are you hoping to develop?
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