This is not a comment on the article itself, but Magee's conversations with philosophers were the introduction (along with Russell's History) to the subject for me, and recommended to anybody interested in learning a little about it all; illuminating discussions between significant contemporary philosophers about the great figures of the past.<p>The conversations themselves were a print rendition of the original TV series (itself based on a radio series I think) which I guess was a precursor to the today's youtube public square interviews between the great and the good.<p>Examples here on Wittgenstein & Aristotle:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtOB-j9LmY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtOB-j9LmY</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26nBfiYLAu0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26nBfiYLAu0</a>