Seize Your Copy Either/Or, Part II By Søren Kierkegaard Released As EText

nearly as readable a volume as the volume I, but necessary to understand the full force of Kierkegaard's power.
If you read both volume I and volume II and understand what's going on, that Kierkegaard does not actually believe either position set forth in Either/ Or, except the little sermon included at the very end, then you cannot possibly escape Kierkegaard's brilliance.
You may want to disagree with him, but it would require sheer willpower from you because there wouldn't be much room for argument or disagreement.


Again, this volume does ask you to work a bit, but it's worth it, I kept returning to the impression that I was reading the textual equivalent of a golden spiral.
Never has a philosopher embraced paradox as deftly as K, The second part organized in the form of letters that Wilhelm seems to address to his correspondent A we can see this part of the work as the logical continuity of the first or, depending on the interpretation we make of it.
, a brief role. I lean for the first option because it is more a question of questioning the aesthetic stage to bring it to surpass itself in what seems to be the ethical stage.
Wilhelm, refuting the too ideal part of the aesthetic approach, will nevertheless retain the beauty lavished by love and above all, marriage.


"The aesthetic value of marriage" is the first essay which introduces the second part of the work.
Wilhelm, through numerous excess of moral lucidity, tries to demonstrate that marriage has the value of eternity.
Romantic love is the imperfect expression of eternal love since it rests on the fleeting foundation of a relationship he will only see his greatness and his outcome in marriage.
However, the shadow of the monotony denounced by Johannes still hangs over this love inscribed in marriage.
Is it inevitable Unless you have a real will that comes from an exclusively moral vision, yes.
On reading this beautiful essay, we deduce that "Conjugal love, therefore, has its enemy in time, its victory over time, its eternity in time".
That moreover, marriage captures absolute love, not in its immediacy but its historical beauty, It empowers and leads to the examination of the second test,

The choice that an individual makes determines his personality while being sincere with himself and reconnecting with his self.
On the other hand, to choose is to express his freedom to the extent that the individual knows how he wishes to realize.
This fact is what "The Development of Personality" deals with, no less relevant than the previous essay.
But what a clarification for the reader! After more than five hundred pages, we finally find the treasure that gives all its meaning to the title of the work! To consider his choice of existence without omitting his relationship with reality, here is a decisive blow to the presence of the esthete which rests on the poiesis, concept based on an artistic reconciliation but which does not register in any way in reality.
Considering evil and good as notions inherent in any choice with which the individual will confront and thus become responsible, this is what seems to characterize the value of choice.


"The Ultimatum" finally comes to close the book, Of much more religious inspiration, this component of the work teaches us, through a pastor in Jutland and friend of Wilhelm, that "visàvis God, we are always wrong".
This conception, primarily inspired by the Book of Job, illustrates the strong bond that the individual can unite with a choice of existence linked to religion.
Part both decisive and announcing the premises of philosophy of reality, at least this is what Kierkegaard's leitmotif seems to express at the end of the book: "only the truth that edifies is truth for you".


It is, therefore, after this extended reading that the reader will emerge, triumphant, Triumphant because showing an impressive will, he crossed these great cleared paths made up of developments and arguments that are sometimes poetic, sometimes indigestible.
The author, overwhelmed by his subject, seems to have considered different ways of existing, Her essay stems from her experience and her life with Régine Olsen, continuing with their fatal separation.
It is, therefore, unavoidable, the report presents a very particular philosophical interest, on the other hand, it is the mirror of what seems to be a reassessment of the experience of its author, an internal tribunal as to the scope of the choices he could do.
Is this not the greatest strength of the work in the end To deal with subjects that are as interesting as they are personal, different alternating genres: from the collection of aphorisms to essays, through the novel and then the epistolary form.
Important by its density, the work catches the reader by allowing him to travel between different forms of argumentation.
Concepts also abound, some are of great interest, others are not necessarily useful for understanding the general idea emanating from this titanic book.


At the same time admiring the beauty of the work translated by the too famous Régis Boyer, by the philosophical interest which it carries, but also by the diversity that such a book offers to its reader, it could well be that anyone can be deceit.
But again, the density of the book can repel the reader at first glance, too lazy to bother with arguments argued over several hundred pages.
It would therefore be an exciting first reading to tackle Kierkegaard, not essential, However, Enten Eller remains the cradle of existentialism and a genuine original critique of Hegelianism that the author develops in his Postscriptum with philosophical crumbs.
sitelink livejournal. com A masterpiece Slightly better than Part I, as the point of view is presented in a more straightforward way.
But it's still tedious and obtuse, and I think intentionally so, which makes it a not very enjoyable read.


There are two parts I found interesting, First, the discussion of the ethical life being superior to the esthetic life because living the latter to the ideal depends on circumstance, whereas the former can be lived regardless of life condition, so everyone has access to it.
Second, the sermon that concludes the book where it notes that the most terrifying thing in the world is simultaneously believing in God and believing that one is right in relation to God, and God in the wrong.
Both things are absolutely true, But these comprise maybepages out of thepages of the book, Lots of work for low return, No doubt a masterpiece. Even so, this and volumemake for a slog, Unless you're a serious student and have the intense determination it takes to piece together just how remarkable Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writing is, it's easy to glaze over and miss the detail.
fuck its good man Primul SAU este mai tineresc, inteligent, zburdalnic, A doua opţiune este moralizatoare, cuminte religioasă,
Cu certitudine prima parte e mai plăcută ca lectură, Doar atât am putut decide : Either/Or Partis the other side of the introduced in the first volume.
While the first half could stand on its own, Partis really dependent on the first half.
Beyond the scattered references throughout, the author's argument is dependent on the ideas and the persona presented in the first half.
The second half is framed as two letters written by a friend of the author of the first volume.
The first defends the validity of marriage and the second the superiority of the ethical over the esthetic.


Whereas the first volume was a series of seemingly disconnected series of writings revolving roughly around several themes, this volume is far more focused, making a recognizable and coherent argument.
While the personality of the author seems to be more prominent in the first and the argument secondary, these are reversed in the second.
In both though, the personality that can be discerned behind the writings personifies the ideas each presents.
One is scattered and seemingly unfocused, the other is disciplined and methodical in his presentation and his lifestyle.
For Judge William, his letters are not abstract examinations, but an attempt to persuade his erstwhile friend to embrace his perspective and lifestyle.
His persuasion entails him returning to themes and characters examined in A's writings, These two essays are a direct response to the prior volume, While the first could stand alone, on the whole or each essay individual, the second depends on the first.
While the second volume is dependent on the first, it is necessary to understand not only the dilemma posed in the title, but to truly understand both the esthetic and the ethical.
They can only be

truly understood dialectically,

Both sides of the discussion leave much to be desired, While the first volume is far easier to approach are far more memorable the essays seem ultimately unfulfilling, and in places morally repugnant.
The second volume is far more intellectually persuasive, Judge William has the ability to challenge A, We never hear A's response, if any, Even though William may prove not only the validity, but the beauty and duty of marriage his abstract presentation is not fully convincing.
One likewise agrees that the ethical is superior to the esthetic, both by defining and superseding it but the reader feels that there must be something beyond the either/or.
The prologue, a final sermon appended to William's letters hints at a third option that transcends the dilemma between the esthetic and the ethical.
This option will be explored in other of Kierkegaard's writings, Either/Or Partwas very difficult for me to work my way through and required concerted effort, over and over again.
It was rather like working out, With no chapters and a seemingly endless stream of thought, it seemed like there was no progress.
And yet, gradually it became easier to move forward, to establish the discipline necessary to achieve the task.


I suspect that there is something of an object lesson that Kierkegaard has included in this book.
It is about the ethical's superiority over the aesthetic, duty's triumph over mere pleasure, In reading this book I felt as though I had to persevere in order to accomplish an interior goal, and that this book was teaching me not just about it, but forcing me to do it.
Or perhaps I'm a masochist, Muchas de las veces es complicado encontrar la edición leída en goodreads y este es uno de los casos.
Lo he leído en editorial Trotta y la segunda parte de este libro contiene: La Estética del Matrimonio, El equilibrio entre lo estético y lo ético en la formación de la personalidad, y Ultimátum de los cuales leí los primeros dos.


La Estética del Matrimonio: El amor verdadero no es aquel que se eleva en castillos sobre comarcas hermosas, o aquel que viste de seda.
Amor tampoco es un corazón eternamente afligido junto a una lápida de epitafio borroso, El verdadero amor es simplemente común,

El equilibrio entre lo estético y lo ético en la formación de la personalidad: Amar es como el canto del pájaro.
Pese a que este conmueva a los corazones más duros, su belleza no está en lo extraordinario sino en su naturaleza.
El deber del pájaro es cantar y canta, esa es su maravilla, Y en un segundo momento así como la vocación, el amante más humilde puede ser tan preciado como el más dotado porque cumple con su deber de amar.
Desde esta postura parece que aquel hombre que no sabe o no logra amar debe aceptarlo, revelarse y cargar con el dolor pero por ningún motivo justificarse adjudicándose el estado de extraordinario o diferente, lo cual sólo un esteta haría.


Dos tratados maravillosos escritos a manera de epístolas que pese a nos haber sido escritos de manera “académica” nutren con naturalidad temas por los que muchos filósofos se han desgarrado las vestiduras.

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