Philosophers are not always known for their simple language. Lovers of jargon, even the most brilliant minds can take a reader on to an exotic terrain to make a simple point. Here are some notable favorite examples, from classic philosophers or texts. Parmenides's Poem Parmenides's poem On Nature, considered by many as a starting point of Western philosophy, begins its philosophical part thus: "Come now, I will tell you - and bring away my story safely when you have heard it -/ the only ways of inquiry there are to think: / the One, that it is and that it is not possible for it not to be, / is the...
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