The first concerns the value of philosophy for vocational training. The second applies to the whole of life. First, philosophy can yield immediate benefits for students planning postgraduate work. As law, medical, business, and other professional school faculty and admissions personnel have often said, philosophy is excellent preparation for the training and later careers of the professionals in question. The second point here is that the long-range value of philosophical study goes far beyond its contribution to one's livelihood.
Philosophy broadens the range of things one can understand and enjoy.
It can give one self-knowledge, foresight, and a sense of direction in life. It can provide, to one's reading and conversation, special pleasures of insight. Through all of this, and through its contribution to one's expressive powers, it nurtures individuality and self-esteem. Every domain of human experience raises questions to which its techniques and theories apply, and its methods may be used in the study of any subject or the pursuit of any vocation. One need not be unprepared.