/lit/ - Literature

For me, it's the Kora

>>14763628
>>14764258
You gais need to read Spengler. I'm not certain about English/modern/... literature, but fields such as philosophy and classics are more han worthy of having their own fields in academia. These fields run very deep and a devotion to their study, whilst perhaps trading off more lucrative career paths, is no shame.
That being said, we are witnessing the last days of fall in the West and our cultures have lost their creative/intellectual potential. Our capacity for understanding and appreciating great works is also dwindling and this shows in universities, where each new generation of professors either caters more to the trend of Socio-ethical, politicization (pomo stuff) of great thought, or shut themselves up in bubbles of overly-theoretical re-hashing of old ideas.
Yes, a humanities or philosophy degree would be worth persuing, but only if the proper ground for transmition would be around, which is not the case. So, OP, just persue financial independence if wage-earning in a field outside of your interests doesn't sound enjoyabe to you. It's a bit tragic, I know, but better than being dissilusioned later in life I guess.

>>14764283
You don't have way out of wage-slavery unless you've inherited good money, or if you're ok with living extremely frugally and scrambling together some income here and there. If you're smart and can plan ahead you'll be able to gain financial independence through wage-earning. What ends up enslaving people is conforming to consumerism>debt>loans>immobility.

>>14543019
Yes, but Spengler is not trying to make any claims on the 'Ding-an-sich', he is still working within Kant's territory, but is pointing out the significance of time as something essential for our understanding of human existence. Are you trying to argue this that I just explained or were you agreeing on my earlier post?