Hi Arun! Thanks very much for your comment. Indeed, philosophy has thoroughly shaped and informed my entire intellectual life, influencing not only the issues about which I think but, more importantly, the ways in which I think about them. Given my own experiences as a writer, tutor, and educator, I simply can’t overstate how positively impactful philosophical study can be on one’s cognitive development and, more specifically, one’s ability to express oneself logically, persuasively, and coherently. At the very least, earnest philosophical examination teaches one how to look at the world through a variety of different, powerful, and often “odd” analytic lenses, an activity that can deeply enrich one’s experience, understanding, and interpretation of life.