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13860	We can only learn from philosophers of the past if we accept the risk of major misrepresentation [Wright,C]
	Full Idea: We can learn from the work of philosophers of other periods only if we are prepared to run the risk of radical and almost inevitable misrepresentation of his thought.
	From: Crispin Wright (Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects [1983], Pref)
	A reaction: This sounds about right, and a motto for my own approach to Aristotle and Leibniz, but I see the effort as more collaborative than this suggests. Professional specialists in older philosophers are a vital part of the team. Read them!