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Either/Or

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Last discussed Sep 30, 2026

A philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard exploring the aesthetic and ethical stages of existence and the nature of commitment and choice.

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"Kierkegaard's framework was written across two different books. There's Either/Or, which explains the difference between the aesthetic life and the ethical life."

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"If you go back to Kierkegaard, there's a very similar idea in his book Either/Or."

"He talked about this in Either/Or — having spectacles with two lenses. Like for some reason, we are only able to see the upside of each additional ..."

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