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EPISODE · Dec 11, 2023 · 48 MIN

Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life · host Mark Linsenmayer

On "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Personality" from Vol. 2 of Soren Kierkegaard's Either/Or (1843). What is choice? Kierkegaard's character Judge William criticizes the aesthete from our previous episode on the earlier part of this book: The aesthete doesn't make any authentic choices and so doesn't develop a coherent self. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Have your donation matched up to $100 to a top-performing charity at GiveWell.org (enter "The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast" at checkout). Get 60% off (plus 20% off your next two months) America's #1 meal kit for eating well at Greenchef.com/60pel (code 60pel). Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel.

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