New member here, really enjoy the concept, appears that participating more rather than lurking moves me up levels which is presumably good,.... so,... Let me say Hello to all you fellow travelers and offer up one of my all time favorite web links,... it is a podcast from King's College of London which reviews the full history of philosophy in 20-25 min segments narrated by an incredibly insightful and witty professor named Peter Adamson. It is a terrific starting point in trying to understand how our intellectual world became what it is,... and even as agnostics studying religious thought is important because within it lies much secular truth,.... once you set aside the dogmatic BS. Anyway, .... enjoy! And looking forward to some good conversation ahead. Can you name the man in the photo?