Let's say you applied to a university and your interview

>>8794553
read a book about the history of philosophy, you'll get a grasp about lots of philosophers and what was their ideas

>>8794559
Sophies world?

>>8794553
You've applied to Oxford for PPE, haven't you?

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>>8794553
If you have two days don't bother with books. Just read this and google/wiki for a slightly more nuanced understanding: http://debate-central.ncpa.org/guide-to-popular-philosophers/

You will probably come across as a pseud because your understanding will be surface level af, but it's the best you can hope for.

>>8794553
You're not gonna do it
Just admit that you lied

>>8794565
This, Op. It is a 500 page intro to philosophy course badly disguised as a novel. Godspeed.

>>8794553
Don't wash your hands and then make them smell your hands. Trust me nigga it works every time.

Read The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus, pretend to be an absurdist

Might as well just read some short but well known classics and summaries of longer works.

>>8794553

Rofl read Stirner and tell all the other nerds to FUCK OFF