/lit/ - Literature

When I was 15 I read Kafka and Dosto to seem smart, at 26 I still read Kafka and Dosto (and much more).

>>17833511
The difference between literature/philosophy and mathematics is that the latter is directly verifiable as to whether or not it's bullshit through proofs or lack thereof. Literature can waste large amounts of time without one ever being sure of whether or not the author is bullshitting you or not (Ayn Rand is a very good example for people with little background knowledge of philosophy - she is a textbook sophist). The professor is quite literally saving your time, so long as they're not outright FORBIDDDING you to read it, but merely giving you a recommendation of what NOT to read (to save you time and effort, which in the modern age is in short supply considering the sheer quantity of material that is out there).

>>17823903
>namedropped Hegel
That means nothing. I name-drop Hegel all the time without having read a word of his.

There are certain aspects relevant to Philosophy that really stopped being a moot topic with Kant, since his works settled them once and for all.
And to have nitwit Witty come around and write his autistic diaries and pretend they are philosophical works was really not necessary.

Kant is absolutely correct that (practically) no man can understand the categorical imperative before the age of 40, and no woman or child ever could.
Any ridiculte of Kant is a sign of innate inferiority.

>>15309778
Create memes never merely as a means to an end, but as an end in themselves.

Kant was and remains absolutely based. He blows utilitarianism out of the water and then beats it to death with a rod like he would a fish.

>>14411875
Where I'm from we still call it Yule, or rather Jul.

>>14235075
open your mind

>>13490340
I'll always opt for a translation into my native language if there is one, assuming it isn't complete trash.

>>13471667
I just got started on his Prolegomena, might give the Critique a shot later on. I got his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals too, which is one of the works I'm most interested in.

>>13435111
It cannot be done.