[Fezzik]

After getting my degree in Philosophy everyone would always ask me about Plato and Socrates... but, at the time, I had not read anything about either of them - my studies were focussed on logic and philosophy of the mind and cognition. At the time I felt silly admitting that, but I have since read a lot of antique philosophy and the majority if it is the same - a bunch of babbling with a few sprinklings of ingenious ideas. If you want to comprehend the immense ideas from great historical philosophers you are much better off reading primers or summaries with the high-points than reading the entire original texts.