Existentialism discussion

Discussion for
Either/Or - Part One
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He starts with the idea that "all men are boring." He should know.

"Boredom is the root of all evil." When kids are bored, they cause trouble and misbehave. Hire nursemaids that know how to entertain children. I have to give Kierkegaard credit for understanding youngsters.

Boredom can be traced back to "the very beginning of the world." Bored gods created humans. Bored Adam got Eve. Bored Adam and Eve conceived children. Bored children increased population. "The peoples were bored en masse so they built the Tower of Babel. Now bored people create a "constitutional assembly."

Limit yourself and become resourceful. A prisoner in solitary confinement becomes amused by a spider.

For married couples to promise "eternal love" is absurd. They should set a date they could "perhaps keep to."

When a man tires of his wife and throws her out, he is thought of as contemptible. Kierkegaard does not understand this.

Having a wife limits your freedom and "travel boots." A wife and children eliminates them.

Have the courage to break off a marriage he says.