[Socratic]

His religious beliefs aside, "An Introduction to Western Philosophy - Ideas and Argument from Plato to Sartre" (1971) was my college textbook in '73 for a Philosophy 101 course and I would recommend it to anyone as a thoroughly lucid, yet rigorous, exploration of philosophical development. I've always admired excellent writing which displays a self-assurance that forgoes verbose flourishes.

[Treeless Branch]

you should practice that.