A Wisdom Archive on Eitheror

The first volume, the "Either", describes the "aesthetic" phase of existence. It takes the form of many tangential aphorisms and musings on the aesthetic mode of life, which are labelled 'Diapsalmata'. The word 'diapsalmata' is related to 'psalms', and means "refrains". In this section Kierkegaard's character evaluates the Mozart's Don Giovanni (in the essay "The Immediate Erotic Stages") and Goethe, and examines the concept of 'First Love' as a pinnacle for the aestheticist, using his idiosyncratic concepts of 'closedness' (indesluttethed in Danish) ...

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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: [ˈsœːɔn ˈkʰiɔ̯g̊əˌg̊ɔːˀ]), May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855), a 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian, is generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. Philosophically, he bridged the gap that existed between Hegelian philosophy and what was to become Existentialism. Kierkegaard strongly criticised both the Hegelian philosophy of his time, and what he saw as the empty formalities of the Danish church. Much of h ... Including:

• Søren Kierkegaard - Life
• Søren Kierkegaard - Early years 1813–1841
• Søren Kierkegaard - Regine Olsen 1837–1841
• Søren Kierkegaard - The First Authorship 1841–1846
• Søren Kierkegaard - The Corsair Affair 1845–1846
• Søren Kierkegaard - The Second Authorship 1846–1853
• Søren Kierkegaard - Attack Upon Christendom 1854–1855
• Søren Kierkegaard - Indirect communication and pseudonymous authorship
• Søren Kierkegaard - The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard
• Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard on Schelling
• Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard on Schopenhauer
• Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard on Hegel
• Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard and Christendom
• Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard in contemporary ethical theory
• Søren Kierkegaard - Important elements of Kierkegaard's philosophy
• Søren Kierkegaard - Alienation
• Søren Kierkegaard - Abstraction
• Søren Kierkegaard - Death
• Søren Kierkegaard - Dread or anxiety
• Søren Kierkegaard - Despair
• Søren Kierkegaard - The individual
• Søren Kierkegaard - Spheres of existence
• Søren Kierkegaard - Subjectivity
• Søren Kierkegaard - Pathos Passion
• Søren Kierkegaard - Criticisms of Kierkegaard
• Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard's influence
• Søren Kierkegaard - Selected bibliography
• Søren Kierkegaard - Notes

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List of publications in philosophy - Western philosophy. Plato, Charmides Plato, Lysis Plato, Laches Plato, Protagoras Plato, Euthydemus Plato, Cratylus Plato, Phaedrus Plato, Ion Plato, Symposium Plato, Meno Plato, Euthyphro Plato, Apology Plato, Crito Plato, Phaedo Plato, Go ...

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Don Giovanni - ACT I. Place: Seville. Time: the 17th century. The garden of the Commander. Leporello is keeping watch outside Donna Anna's house. Don Giovanni, Leporello's master, has crept into the house in order to seduce Donna Anna. (Leporello aria: "Notte e giorno faticar -- I work night and day") Donna Anna appears, chasing a masked Giovanni. She wishes to know who he is and cries for help. (Trio: "Non sperar, se non m'uccidi - Don't think you'll get away, only over ...

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Freedom of speech - Introduction. It is important to understand the various theoretical rationales for freedom of speech if we are to form views about the concept's true nature and its rational limits. In part, the justification for free speech is a general liberal or libertarian presumption against coercing individuals from living how they please and doing what they want. However, a number of more specifi ...

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1997 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1997 1997 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1997 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1997 1997 in music - Mercury Music Prize. New Forms - Roni Size/Reprazent wins. ...

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Søren Kierkegaard - Alienation. Alienation is a term applied to a wide variety of phenomena including: any feeling of separation from, and discontent with, society; feeling that there is a moral breakdown in society; feelings of powerlessness in the face of the solidity of social institutions; the impersonal, dehumanised nature of large-scale and bureaucratic social organisations. [6] Kierkegaard recognizes and accepts the notion of alienation, although he phrases it and understands it in his own distinctly orig ...

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The Punch and Judy show has deep roots; it is ultimately based on the Italian commedia dell'arte, and the figure of Punch derives ultimately from the stock character of Pulcinella. He is a manifestation of the Lord of Misrule and Trickster figures of deep-rooted mythologies. Judy was originally "Joan". May 9, 1662 is reckoned the birthday of Mr. Punch, for that was the first time the diarist Samuel Pepys observed a Punch and Judy show near St. Paul's Church in London's Covent Garden. It was performed by an Italian Punchman, Pietro Gim ...

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Regine was born on January 23, 1822, in Frederiksberg, a district of Copenhagen, Denmark. She first met Kierkegaard on a spring day in 1837 when she was 14. Regine later recalled that upon this first meeting Kierkegaard had made "a very strong impression." During this time, Regine was being tutored by Schlegel, her future husband, and a mutual infatuation between the two had developed. Regine had also made a strong impression on Kierkegaard, who began to pursue Regine over a long period of time, ingratiating himself first as a friend ...

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The tale of Punch and Judy varies from puppeteer to puppeteer and has changed over time. A typical variant is listed below. A transcript of a typical Punch and Judy show in London of the 1840s can be found in Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor. Punch, in a fit of jealousy, strangles his infant child. When Judy flies to her revenge, she fetches a bludgeon, with which she belabours her husband, till Punch, exasperated, seizes another bludgeon and beats her to death, then flings into the street the two dead bodies. T ...

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The development of the Internet opened new possibilities for achieving freedom of speech using methods that do not depend on legal measures. Pseudonymity and data havens (such as Freenet) allow free speech, as the technology guarantees that material cannot be removed (censored). Websites which fall foul of government censors in other countries are often re-hosted on a server in a country with no such restrictions. Given that the United States has in many respects the least restrictive governmental policies in the world on freedom of s ...

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