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范文一： 专业：哲学 Offer：伯明翰大学 伦敦大学国王学院 约克大学 诺丁汉大学 评分：五星 “The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity”. Ibelieve thatwhen the mind is allowed to think outside the pre-defined constraints of society, the different directions in which it can travel are infinite. Philosophy for me is the basis on which our lives are based and after reading Aristotle’s Ethics, it is fascinating to find that a lot of the beliefs Ihold are so similar to those held by someone who lived over two thousand yearsago.Mymain inspiration for takingPhilosophy isSocrates and his unapologetic moral compass. Even when confronted with his own mortality, he refuses to take the easy option that would compromise what he believes in, for me Socrates incorporates everything I feel a good person should be. I am most interested in learning about Ancient Greek philosophybecause Ifeelthat in this day and age, themajority ofpeople have lost sight of the basic principles of morals and ethics written by the likes of Plato and Aristotle all those years ago. I also believe like Descartesthat Imustforgeteverything Ithink Iknow about lifeand start from the beginning and the next step for me is university. I have particularly enjoyed studying Dr Carol Dweck’s theories of Intelligence. I related to this study because I feel that it summed up my years at school almost perfectly. For most of my childhood up until the end of my teenage years my view on intelligence was, as Dr Dweck theorizes, the “Entity theory of intelligence”.Threatened by failure I have shied away from academic study, because I felt that failure indicatedalackofintelligenceandbecauseofthisview Inevercommitted myself to my studies. My views on this have radically changed over the last7yearsand Inow believethat intelligence is interchangeable,that if curiosity is ignited in therightway, itcanbeenhancedwith theonly limitation being yourself. I am currently a student of Psychology and Politics w