The university died because we forget what universities were. Where they came from, what purpose they served, the intellectual traditions they were built upon. Free tuition and other poorly conceived projects will never improve the situation. Only history can. — Late 19th century philosophy, especially of the German variety, is conventionally understood as being something of a nihilistic nadir of of thought following the devastating collapse of Hegelianism and Prussian Reformism. It’s the era of Weltschmerz, Nietzsche, and increasing unrest and displacement in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. …
