Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life · host Mark Linsenmayer

On the aphorisms ("Diapsalmata") that begin Soren Kierkegaard's Either/Or (1843), plus the essay also in the first volume, "Rotation of Crops." What is it to live your life as if it were a work of art? K thinks such a life is unserious and unsatisfying. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Get two memberships for the price of one at MasterClass.com/PEL. Learn about St. John's College Winter Classics, starting this January, at sjc.edu/PEL. Have your donation matched up to $100 to a top-performing charity at GiveWell.org (enter "The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast" at checkout).

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