Hermeneutics - Detections of mistakes in understanding and explanation of classic philosophical texts

Abstract

The classics of philosophy were published a fairly long time ago in a certain historical conditions. Thus, they were often incorrectly interpreted and applied that causes considerable bad consequences. Then, how to properly comprehend the original meaning and the main idea of the classics? Hermeneutics has been studying on the answer to this question. This article shortly reviews the origin and the development of hermeneutics, then utilizes some of its methods and principles to find and correct a certain mistakes and unfaithful versions occurred in the past text interpretations of the classical philosophies.