What does it mean to read philosophically? Not just philosophy books but reading as such, as a reading style - philosophical reading. Some will propose that it means critical reading. Analysis of the text, the arguments, the statements, all the time challenging the author with the "so what" type of question in one's mind. I think this is just one part of the story and it's not the most important one by far. For me, philosophical reading begins with the most sincere effort of the reader to understand the book, to engage with the text on its terms and to appreciate its context. Historical, social, cultural. Books, texts, words do not fall out of nowhere, preformed, readymade, unaffected by anything. This becomes evident when we learn about the broader context of a book we have read and suddenly new, broader perspectives of interpretation and understanding it are revealed to us.
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