[Cassie]

I love philosophy. It's relevant to every portion of life, whether its mathematics, sciences, economics, etc. It enlightens you on the deepest intellectual level. It's well worth pursuing. But be prepared. It is also very abstract.

To give you an idea:

Aristotle divided the human intellect into three levels.

The first level is the sciences, which is the lowest level. This is where we as humans extract information about the world around us by through our senses (for example, animal biologists may use their eyes to observe animals and thus learn more about them).

The second level of human intellect is the mathematical sciences, which encompasses arithmetic (the properties of numbers) and geometry (the nature of plane surfaces). It's a bit more complicated than the sciences. Engineers operate on this level to construct materials.

The third and deepest level of intellect is what is known as metaphysics. This is where Philosophy falls. On this level, one strives to understand the meaning of reality and the nature of being in it's deepest form, to its very essense. Philosophy serves as an umbrella to encompass the other two levels and really helps your mind transcend itself.

It's really very cool stuff.