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by meddlepal 2244 days ago
Hmm, I was a philosophy major in college and I always loved Aristotles (and to a lesser degree Thomas Aquinas) writing styles. They're very dense and to the point.

It's the continental philosophers of the enlightenment era that drive me nuts with their meandering arguments.

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Other than the structuring, moving from topic to topic without explanation (e.g. Categories), I actually agree. Maybe terrible isn't the right word. He's a lot more like reading modern math.