Amazing! These used to be boring for me and for most other as a teenager and your mini essay reminds me my pain of not understanding these schools of philosophy while I was pursuing graduation. But as I grew up I slowly realized that these aren't boring at all. They are as worthy as an scientific innovation is. For those who aren't well versed in philosophy, this essay is about two of the Hellenistic schools of philosophy (i.e., schools which came after Aristotle). While differing in their fundamental tenets, both philosophical schools recognized the goal of philosophy to be the transformation of the self into a sage.