Tag: Soren Kierkegaard

Right off the bat, I'll own that this title is pretentious. But I just had this realization, and I think it's profoundly true. I'll need to improve my titling skills, because while this post should be broadly relatable, I'm sure the title scared most people away. But not you,...

Soren Kierkegaard made an interesting distinction between two types of love. First, there is preferential love. As the name suggests, this kind of love is based on preference. Preferential love is the love we feel towards those we find attractive. It’s the love we feel for those who care for...

Soren Kierkegaard was concerned that we neglect to love our neighbors because we focus on the dissimilarities between us. We are like actors in play: “Here you see only what the individual represents and how he does it. It is just as in the play. But when the curtain falls...