None of these occurred to me, so thank you for proposing them!
I hope [1] isn't the case, since I would hope philosophers are better than taking jabs at their ideological enemies, but it wouldn't be the first time! Ironic, I suppose, that my own education was explicitly Christian, and I consider it to have been a very poor foundation for both my mundane and spiritual lives. I suppose some things never change!
[2] aligns with barefootwisdom's interpretation, above. Upon consideration, it strikes me as the most likely interpretation: you can't hope to set out on a journey if your house isn't in order first. (Bilbo Baggins notwithstanding.)
[3] implies that this sentence is merely an introduction to the rest of the work, and not, as I had understood it, as a "by the way, I'm covering material X, but I hope you all know that material Y is prerequisite, so I hope you studied it first."
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Date: 2021-11-05 04:11 pm (UTC)I hope [1] isn't the case, since I would hope philosophers are better than taking jabs at their ideological enemies, but it wouldn't be the first time! Ironic, I suppose, that my own education was explicitly Christian, and I consider it to have been a very poor foundation for both my mundane and spiritual lives. I suppose some things never change!
[2] aligns with
[3] implies that this sentence is merely an introduction to the rest of the work, and not, as I had understood it, as a "by the way, I'm covering material X, but I hope you all know that material Y is prerequisite, so I hope you studied it first."