Why Philosophy as an optional subject for UPSC?
- Shortest syllabus – the whole syllabus gets covered in 3 months
- The whole syllabus is fixed and well defined
- One can actually revise the whole syllabus more than 10 times
- Helps in preparation in GS-IV(Ethics), Essay and in Personality Test (Interview)
Last but not the least, study of philosophy helps you in life in general. “Unexamined life is not worth living” said Socrates, and most effective tool to examine life is to study Philosophy.