Whether learning any language is worth it or not depends so much on the potential learner's use for the language and personal circumstances that it's almost impossible for a stranger online to answer that for you. We don't know why you want to learn it, what applications you'll have for it, if it ties into a potential income stream, how often you stick with things, and maybe a hundred other relevant factors like that.

Out of dead languages Ancient Greek is by far the most useful one, generally speaking. In addition to the philosophy you also have the dramas, some poetry, and many important source texts for the Bible.

However it's about the same amount of work to learn a living language which gives you an in depth potential travel experience, more benefits as to seeing how other people think (you get this with a dead language too but not at the same kind of intensity), and probably a lot more work opportunities.

Not knowing anything specific about a person I would generally suggest that

1) Learning at least one foreign language is better than learning none, as it helps you realize the constraints on your thinking that your native language imposes, and as learning a language isn't nearly as hard as most people think

2) Your first choice should be one you can actually speak with other people in your life regularly if possible. In most of the the US this gives Spanish an edge, but maybe you have a Russian grandma in the family or you spend a lot of time in a casino with a lot of Vietnamese people around. They all have literature you can read. But there's people you can talk to. This also will help immensely with how fast you actually get good at the language. Access to native speakers is like steroids for language acquisition.

3) Nothing really like that because you're an antisocial retard? Next choice should be a language for a place you may either live in for an extend time or at least have an interest in traveling to.

4) You never plan to travel and will never talk to anyone? Ok. Then you choose your language based on what literature you want to read as the primary factor.

>>25585058
If you want to read the septuagint, do it. Otherwise learn attic greek.

>>25585089
good post

>>25585058
YES.

IT WAS WORTH IT, EVEN AT MY VÉRY RUDIMENTARY LEVEL OF GREEK

IT SAVED ME FROM SOME LAZY HALF-ASSING-THE-WORK LARPING TROLLS IN THE INSTUTIONAL PSYCH- DEPARTMENT

AND THUS IT SAVED ME SOME PRECIOUS TIME

AND THAT GAINED ME FREEDOM AND SLIGHTLY MORE EASE OF LIFE, IF I WILL TO EASE AT LIFE