hey.

if a person lived in another country across the ocean... then they could take a ship or an aeroplane to your country and catch the train from there ;-)

but... perhaps what is meant isn't so much 'possibility' but more along the lines of... it not being something that is practical for everybody...

yeah, i'm getting confused too...

philosophical writing can be confusing...
people typically write with certain audiences in mind (typically professional) and finding stuff that is at a suitable level can be hard.

I'd reccomend checking out the manuscripts from this site:

http://www.galilean-library.org/philosophy.html

they start with a general account on what philosophy is... and they get progressively harder as they introduce terminology etc. it is supposed to be a bit of a mental challenge... but it is not supposed to be incomprehensible.

another point of entry is this book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019...e&n=283155

I personally think that it is the best introduction to the subject that has ever been written. You can 'search inside this book' in the amazon link and read some of it.

Happy reading :-)