Yes; however many of the early philosophers are incredibly verbose in their arguments and you can learn a lot from a 2-page summary of a 50-page essay.

Once you get to Nietzsche, the readings actually started to get interesting and I found myself wanting to read and discuss them.

This is more or less why I fell into mathematics.

I eventually learned I have ADHD, which definitely explained why I couldn't keep up with the reading and writing workload in the philosophy and literature courses.