Maybe I shouldn't just before reading but the way philosophy has to be prefaced by "How to read X" makes me so glad we have mathematics in physics.

Physics is concise, but more importantly can be wrong. I don't mind reading a bit of philosophy every now and again but at some point I just have to put it down because it's so long winded. Even ignoring the somewhat revealing tendency to borrow terminology from other subjects, there's no sense of urgency in the writing.

Perhaps it's best transmitted orally instead.