By Soren Kierkegaard
ISBN-10: 0141915757
ISBN-13: 9780141915753
In Either/Or, utilizing the voices of 2 characters—the aesthetic younger guy of half one, known as easily "A," and the moral pass judgement on Vilhelm of the second one section—Kierkegaard displays upon the hunt for a significant lifestyles, considering matters as various as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, within the recognized Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and supreme rejection of a tender, appealing lady. A masterpiece of duality, Either/Or is an excellent exploration of the clash among the classy and the moral - either meditating mockingly and seductively upon Epicurean pleasures, and eloquently expounding the noble virtues of a morally upstanding life.
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However, I have never lost the desire to continue my investigations. Whenever I have been on the point of ruing my perseverance, my efforts have been crowned by an unexpected stroke of luck. It was an unexpected stroke of good luck of this kind that, in a most curious way, put me in possession of the papers I hereby have the honour of presenting to the reading public. These papers have given me the opportunity to gain an insight into the lives of two men which corroborated my suspicion that the outward was not, after all, the inward.
It was all as unfortunate as could be. To stumble just at that moment, when my ears were still ringing with the postilion’s inviting tones, on such difficulties! The blood rose to my head, I became indignant. 3 A hatchet was fetched. With it I dealt the escritoire a tremendous blow. Whether in my wrath I missed or the drawer was as obstinate as I, the effect was not the one intended. The drawer was closed and the drawer remained closed. But something else happened. Whether my blow fell just on that point, or the overall shock to the whole framework of the escritoire was what did it, I don’t know; but what I do know is that there sprang open a secret door which I had never noticed before.
Gradually that escritoire acquired a history for me; seeing it became a necessity for me, and to that end I thought nothing of going out of my way for its sake when an unaccustomed route called for that. The more I saw it the more I wanted to possess it. I was quite aware that this was a curious desire, seeing I had no use for this piece of furniture, that procuring it was an extravagance on my part. Yet, as we all know, desire is very sophistical. I found some pretext for going into the dealer’s, asked about other things, and as I was about to leave, casually made a very low offer for the escritoire.
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