Either/Or
by Søren Kierkegaard
Two voices: the aesthete who lives for the moment and the ethicist who chooses commitment. Kierkegaard's pseudonymous masterpiece on how to live.
Read it if…
you are torn between pleasure and commitment and want the full argument.
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Skip it if…
you want a short read; it is long and strange.
Try instead: Escape from Evil →
Three things you will actually use
- Choose yourself.
- The aesthetic life ends in boredom.
- Commitment is freedom.
Do this first
Read 'The Rotation of Crops' then Judge William's letter on marriage.
Our verdict
Aesthetic or ethical.
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