Either/Or

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Either/Or is a seminal philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard that explores the tension between aesthetic pleasure and ethical responsibility as competing ways of life.

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Either/Or canonical 14
Either/Or Part I 1
Either/Or by Søren Kierkegaard 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addressesTopic boredom ⓘ
ethical choice ⓘ
individual subjectivity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
author Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
centralTheme aesthetic pleasure ⓘ
ethical responsibility ⓘ
tension between aesthetic and ethical modes of life ⓘ
containsSection The Seducer’s Diary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Denmark ⓘ
genre Christian philosophy ⓘ
existential philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasForm epistolary writing ⓘ
philosophical discourse ⓘ
influenced 20th-century existentialism ⓘ
Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
Karl Jaspers ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
G.W.F. Hegel ⓘ
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel

Immanuel Kant ⓘ
language Danish ⓘ
literaryForm essay ⓘ
fictional narrative ⓘ
notableIdea aesthetic despair ⓘ
ethical commitment ⓘ
primacy of individual choice ⓘ
originalTitle Enten – Eller ⓘ
philosophicalConcept aesthetic stage ⓘ
either–or choice ⓘ
ethical stage ⓘ
stages of life ⓘ
philosophicalMovement existentialism ⓘ
pseudonymousAuthor A ⓘ
Judge William ⓘ
Victor Eremita ⓘ
publicationYear 1843 ⓘ
publisher C.A. Reitzel ⓘ
relatedWork Fear and Trembling ⓘ
Stages on Life’s Way ⓘ
The Concept of Anxiety ⓘ
structure two-volume work ⓘ
volumeCount 2 ⓘ

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Søren Kierkegaard → notableWork → Either/Or ⓘ
Elliott Smith → notableWork → Either/Or ⓘ
Works of Love → relatedWork → Either/Or ⓘ
Regine Olsen → inspiredWork → Either/Or ⓘ
Repetition → relatedWorkByAuthor → Either/Or ⓘ
Victor Eremita → appearsIn → Either/Or ⓘ
Victor Eremita → introducedIn → Either/Or, Part I ⓘ
linked to: Either/Or
Judge William → appearsInPart → Either/Or, Volume II ⓘ
linked to: Either/Or
Judge William → embeddedInWorkBy → Either/Or by Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
linked to: Either/Or
The Seducer’s Diary → partOf → Either/Or ⓘ
The Seducer’s Diary → includedIn → Either/Or Part I ⓘ
linked to: Either/Or