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6935023 No.6935023 [Reply] [Original]

I know it's kinda off topic, but, which of these do you guys think is the best life option:

to graduate in history and study philosophy by yourself
or
graduate in philosophy and study history by yourself?

>> No.6935025

>>6935023
study something useful to the human race.

>> No.6935026

>>6935025
I'll study something useful to me, fuck the human race.

>> No.6935034

>>6935026
fuck you too dude

>> No.6935036
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6935036

Graduate history, become a teacher, study philosophy in free time

>> No.6935040

>>6935023
neither
>>6935025
this.
>>6935026
philosophy isn't useful to you either

>> No.6935072

Philosophy is the only humanities degree worth a shit. Take Phil and study X whenever.

>> No.6935099

>>6935023
studying history is not worth it. you won't learn anything valuable. it's basically a few years of research and writing papers.

>> No.6935108

>>6935099
>it's basically a few years of research and writing papers
How is this different from any other degree in the humanities? And "you won't learn anything valuable" from history? Wtf are you smoking?

>> No.6935110

>>6935023
>study philosophy by yourself
This will always be worse than not studying philosophy.

>> No.6935111

nah man you gotta get a STEM degree or you won't be hired ;^D

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6935112

>>6935023

Both of those are terrible unrealistic ideas.

Make money first, then achieve your dreams.

>> No.6935114

>>6935110
studying philosophy with /lit/ is fine though, right?

>> No.6935117

>>6935112
>Make money first, then achieve your dreams.

Formula for failure.

>> No.6935120

>>6935108
reading history and studying history are two different things. the first is about gaining knowledge, the second is about being able to compile information and present it in a way that's clear and concise. most people going into college should already be able to do that.

>> No.6935126

Study science, get a job and a family (optional) live philosophy, study history, do something useful to mankind and get paid to it

>> No.6935128

>>6935126
Boring.

>> No.6935131

>>6935025
who gives a shit about the human race dude

>> No.6935153

>>6935023
All I know is if you are not studying history at university, you wont know a great deal of it.

I encourage everyone to study history privately outside of academia, but if that's what you do you need to be aware of the limits of your sources and thus your knowledge. Probably applies to every academic field, but history especially.

There are far too many people here on /lit/ that might have read a couple of books on a subject and post grand, baseless generalizations that would never be accepted by a respected historian.

As to which degree will give you a more secure means to support yourself, I couldn't say.

>> No.6935181

>>6935117

-_-

What do you suggest?

Be a starving artist?

>> No.6935183

>not studying lit

what are you even here for?

>> No.6935211

>>6935183
Literature to me is a mean, not an end.

>> No.6935220

>>6935211
>a mean
you mean a means, as an a means to an end?
looks like you should be studying lit after all.

>> No.6935227

>>6935220
as in*
fuck this thread

>> No.6935271

>>6935220
English is not my native language. I thought means was plural.

>> No.6935278

>>6935183
To discuss lit. We don't have to be taking a degree in it. As long as we're reading and discussing. A couple of courses is encouraged to familiarize yourself with the ideas of critics and other writers, but an entire lit degree is certainly not a necessity.

>> No.6935298

>>6935025
>>6935126

>Study engineering, after tens of thousands of hours of hard work, finally create a toothpaste container that is 5% sturdier and cheaper to produce
>"You've dedicated yourself to improving the human race!"

>Study philosophy; study the very essence of what makes people human and how people should live their lives to be moral and happy
>"Lol get a real job and study something actually useful"