I thought philosophy can be applied to daily life instead of airy-fairy . To know the theory is one thing , to incoporate them to real action is another . Anyway , I envy you can have the chance to study it , it is suffering to sit a test though .

My last exam.

I'm so tired, but I have to prepare for my exam in philisophy exam. You know, it's so difficult to memorize all the philosophers and, especially, their ideas. And it's much more difficult, if you don't understand the main point of their works... Anyway, I'll try to do my best!

What about you? Do you like philosophy? And maybe you can give me some advice, how to prepare in the best way manner?

Thanks!

Your English is pretty sharp! I used to read on a French blog, not really because I like philosophy, but it was an interesting exercise on how the authors built their proof.

It depends on which philosopher you are studying about.

The best idea is to first "memorize by association" - i.e to identify/link as to which movement the philosophers were associated with.

Eg. I personally like Greek philosophers like Epicurus, Alcibiades, Aristippus and Socrates. Each was associated with a different school of philosopy (Eg. Aristippus was associated with Hedonism, Socrates with Ethics, Epicurus with Epicureanism).

If you are studying Russian philosophy, I think the below link could help you to help memorize by association (which movement they were associated with) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_philosophers

My personal favorite is Bulgakov.