Unclear writing about big ideas can seem attractive to inexperienced but ambitious students

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If it is true that...

Aristotle's metaphysics was largely a failed experiment with few ideas worth keeping 0 0 2

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The metaphysics is among the least read of all famous books 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Unclear writing about big ideas can seem attractive to inexperienced but ambitious students 1 0 2

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If it is true that...

Unclear writing about big ideas can seem attractive to inexperienced but ambitious students 1 0 2

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It's hard to distinguish something that's hard to understand due to unclear writing from something that's hard to understand due to complex ideas 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Traditional philosophy seems attractive because it appears as difficult as math but broader in scope 1 0 2

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Rewriting sentences multiple times can lead to more precise expression of ideas 1 0 2 Writing about complex topics can be a challenging task even for experienced individuals 1 0 2 Writing about a well-known subject can still lead to new insights and learning 1 0 2 Writing is not the only way to explore ideas, but it often reveals new insights regardless of other exploration methods 1 0 2 Writing requires effort and diligence to be effective as a tool for exploring and refining ideas 1 0 2 If writing makes ideas more precise and complete, then those who have not written about a topic may not have fully formed ideas on it 1 0 2 Ideas can feel complete until one attempts to put them into words and discovers their incompleteness 1 0 2 It's hard to distinguish something that's hard to understand due to unclear writing from something that's hard to understand due to complex ideas 1 0 2 In order to write better, you should take great pains to be clear 0 0 1 Though a writer starts by knowing what he means, the reader doesn't 0 0 1