Question by Kobe: What’s the point in majoring in philosophy?
Anyone can develop their own philosophy of life based on their own experiences. What makes learning of classics better than one’s own? It’s not like you can apply classical philosophy. Furthermore, the premises that classical philosophy is based on is not what most intellectuals would come up with today from scratch, observing how the modern world works. In order to discuss philosophical perspectives, the philosopher must find similar peers to discuss philosophical point of views, thereby demonstrating how non-universal it is.

And I don’t like how philosophers think they’re smarter than the rest of us. There are other majors that teach us to use logic and our heads, AND can be applied for practical purposes. Every philosopher in the past has been replaced with a newer one with a modified point of view. I don’t need them to tell me what’s prudent or not.

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Answer by Linc
If you have to ask, obviously you don’t get it!

Years from now, once you finish your major, you’ll realize how funny that was.

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Question by Evan: Philosophy… a quest in need of a starting point?
I am looking to read up on the core principals of the greatest philosophers and modern philosophy. What books should I read over the summer to familiarize myself with such?

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Answer by Lion Sack
Alice in Wonderland.
Catch-22.
J.M. Coetzee: Slow Man, Diary of a Bad Year.

Wikipedia.

Joseph Smith

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