1. Why study Philosophy? Philosophy is Great Preparation.
A philosophy degree will prepare you with serious training for a number of important transferable skills such as creative problem solving, critical analysis, argument construction and persuasive writing.
It is also excellent preparation for further study.

2. To study philosophy is to grapple with questions that have occupied humankind for millennia, in conversation with some of the greatest thinkers who have ever lived.
It is the base note to all other subjects, the drum beat to the rhythm of learning.

3. The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
BCE

4. In real terms: Data from LSE . Philosophy £20,097 Subject
Average Starting Salary
Medicine
£29,146
Economics
£25,673
Computer Science
£21,712
Accounting & Finance
£21,551
Philosophy
£20,097
French
£20,034
Geography
£19,844
Law
£18,911
Psychology
£18,173
Architecture
£17,873
Hospitality
£17,664
Media Studies
£17,358
Art & Design
£17,300
Music Studies
£16,925
Data from LSE .

5. Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Bill Clinton
Former US President
Bruce Lee
Actor and Martial Artist
Philosophy
University of Washington
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
University of Oxford
David Cameron
Prime Minister

6. How many legs does this elephant have?

7. Much of the philosophical debate over perception hinges on the question of how much of what we perceive is really a feature of the world and how much is a feature of our minds.
In other words, how much of what we are perceiving is really out there?

8. Perception: How do you know which line is longest?
Is the dot at the front or the back of the cube?

9. Let women share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of men.
Mary Wollstonecraft

10. Gen. Sir Richard Barrons Commander, Joint Forces Command
Moby
Musician
Philosophy
University of Connecticut
Religion and Philosophy
New York University
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
University of Oxford
Christy Turlington
Model and Businesswoman

11. How do you know what is right? What is truth? What is this based upon?
What is the relationship between mind and body?

12. Always recognise that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.
Immanuel Kant

13. So why study philosophy?
Skills you acquire studying philosophy are highly marketable, especially in a volatile and rapidly changing economic climate.
The skills that philosophy teaches you will always be in high demand: the ability to think and write clearly, the ability to bring to light unnoticed presuppositions, to explain complex ideas clearly, to tease out connections and implications, to see things in a broader context, to challenge accepted belief.

14. Philosophy, Politics & Economics
University of Oxford
Iris Murdoch
Author
Aung San Suu Kyi
Politician & Nobel Laureate
Ricky Gervais
Comedian
Philosophy
University of Cambridge
Philosophy
University College London

15. The question to ask yourself is not, “What can I do with philosophy
The question to ask yourself is not, “What can I do with philosophy?” but rather, “What can’t I do with it?”