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Old 07-23-2007   #54 (permalink)
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Default Re: What practical use is philosophy?
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Originally Posted by Charbucks View Post
Definitely, I agree. Sorry, I think my post was pretty unclear. What I'm trying to say is that philosophy is something that is very useful in pretty much every aspect of life and work, but philosophy AS a career doesn't seem very practical to me. It seems like making a career out of something like spelling.
The only career its really practical in is teaching others how to have a career in it.
Eric
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