The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Society & Culture:Philosophy
Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part One)
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.
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