For some of us, the choice of majoring in philosophy is not really much of a choice; it's an inescapable fact of reality because we are compelled by the power of its questions; we are enthralled by the conceptual mysteries it presents; we're mesmerized by paradoxical positions that we want to simultaneously affirm and to deny; we are never satisfied with superficial answers... or even with sophisticated ones; we want to understand what's beyond the horizon, even when we're not sure what's on this side of it; and while we seek to understand and comprehend, we're in love with the process of investigation itself...But if that's not enough for you (or your parents), philosophy also carries great practical benefits that many people fail to appreciate:
And even if you can't get a job, remember that Bruce Lee once thought that philosophy was the best way to think deep thoughts about being unemployed :)
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