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10719184 No.10719184 [Reply] [Original]

why do well read people seem so miserable

>> No.10719265
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10719265

Bloom is miserable because he witnessed first hand the destruction of the humanities

>> No.10719284

Please send help.

>> No.10719327

Read Lacan: when you're reading you're killing your true self.

>> No.10719329

Because they tend to lack strength, which denies them the satisfaction of backing up their discoveries with action

>> No.10719341

ignorance is bliss, knowledge is pain
for some, truth is worth more than 'happiness'

>> No.10719344

>>10719329
Shit, this is me to a fucking T. All around me I see weak men following weak philosophers yet I am too weak to save them.