/lit/ - Literature

>>6856618

In the Navy we don't clap with both hands, we clap one hand on the table. It's a tradition, but nonetheless, clapping with one hand is the sound of a palm rapping on hardwood.

That aside, when I read 'The Prince' by Machiavelli and later 'History of Florence' I was intrigued by the matter-of-fact tone and the simple elegant structure of the prose. I thought to myself 'Wow, is this what all philosophy is like?'. Then I started reading Nietzsche and all I heard was mental masturbation about nothing.

I believe philosophy should be simple and grounded in reality. Deep questions need simple logical practical answers.