# Either/Or

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- Book: [Either/Or](https://www.bookquiver.com/soren-kierkegaard/eitheror) ([Either/Or.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/soren-kierkegaard/eitheror.md))
- Authors: [Sören Kierkegaard](https://www.bookquiver.com/soren-kierkegaard)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-577-0
- Pages: 640
- Published: 2004-07-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A masterpiece of duality, Either/Or is a brilliant exploration of the conflict between the aesthetic and the ethical - both meditating ironically and seductively upon Epicurean pleasures, and eloquently expounding the noble virtues of a morally upstanding life.