/lit/ - Literature

Let's settle this once and for all.
What is the best book on the history of western philosophy?

What's stopping you from reading the greatest works of mankind?
If you did, how did you learn and what books have you enjoyed so far?

What's stopping you from reading the greatest works of mankind?
If you did, how did you learn and what books have you enjoyed so far?

I have read some of the Ancient Greek classics and always felt that the nuance and real meaning of the work was lost in the translation to Romance and Germanic languages.
I've been thinking about learning Modern Greek to read them in the modern translations (katharevousa or Demotic). I think It would be more useful than reading the Ancient language because it could improve my CV and listening to audiobooks is a mainstay of the way I learn languages, and there aren't audiobooks in AG.
I have learnt 4 languages with my method focused on listening and reading (besides my mother tongue which is not English).
What do you think? You think modern Greek is a contumely to the older language?