People claim to study philosophy for all sorts of reasons, but there are really only two. Either they are fucked up and need to ‘figure life out’ because they are concerned about meaning and purpose, or they are joyless losers who go into analytic fields so they can feel superior
“The question of the meaning of life is, as the Buddha taught, not edifying. One must immerse oneself in the river of life and let the question drift away.”
Irvin Yalom