I will tell you why I became a philosopher. I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to talk about many, many things, ideally with knowledge, but sometimes not quite the amount of knowledge that I would need if I were to be a specialist in them. It allows you to be many different things. And plurality and complexity are very, very important to me. Alexander Nehamas
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The words of Aristotle, “I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to talk about many, many things, ideally with knowledge, but sometimes not quite the amount of knowledge that I would need if I were to be a specialist in them” are an example of why one might become a philosopher. If you have a particular area of interest and want to be able to have knowledge in it and share your knowledge with others, then becoming a philosopher is very beneficial. It allows you to go places and talk about different things and learn new things and also share this knowledge with others.

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