## Writing - Kierkegaard's writing is symbolic - ![[After Socrates Episode 15 - Socrates Meets Kierkegaard Philosophy's Greatest Dialogues#^8rsc32]] - I don't fully understand yet, but it sounds like he uses these pseudo-names and characters to fully immerse himself in his different values and ideas, rather than speaking to it from the person who he is. his perspectives are more than just shallow viewpoints, theyre as dynamic as a real person, that help you get into a state of [[Participatory knowing|being, promoting participatory knowing]]: - ![[After Socrates Episode 15 - Socrates Meets Kierkegaard Philosophy's Greatest Dialogues#^qn1wxe]] - Because of this, his writing is ironic, and [[Irony helps us realize what is ultimate]] - ![[After Socrates Episode 15 - Socrates Meets Kierkegaard Philosophy's Greatest Dialogues#^c9yhcz]] - When doing this you promote the dialogical self because you're isolating that one part of yourself ## Life ![[After Socrates Episode 15 - Socrates Meets Kierkegaard Philosophy's Greatest Dialogues#^voafui]] - This makes me think about the previous mindset I had towards creation — that I would just use the internet as a digital escape to make my life's work or experiences publicly available, the true experiences and pieces of myself recorded in media rather than my life -