text: how difficult is it to study or ready philosophy? considering the nature of study of philosophy do you think a person studying in medical school could do justice by finding time to read philosophy along with studying medicine? do justice? just read "the death and dying of socrates" by plato, socrates didn't write anything down. i think u know whether or not u can handle it.  i'd guess that studying and reading about those 2 subjects might use totally seperate parts of the brain, so maybe they could compliment each other and vary your brain activity