Euan Franklin’s Reviews > The History of Philosophy > Status Update

Trudging through the Ancient Greeks, who, thankfully, I studied at school. There are still areas I don't understand, despite Grayling's clear, entertaining, and faintly academic explanations—the Presocratics being a particularly tiring arena. But it's worth the wading; reading real philosophy exercises the mind, challenges it, even if the concept is impenetrable.