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
“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy” – Andre Dumas
“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.” -David Hume
From his book “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. “