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I'm glad to see that you're reading Soren Kierkegaard's (Either/Or) and in the original ,no less! When I tackle writers like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kafka, I wish that I had studied more foreign languages(especially the Scandinavian and Germanic languages. So, I'll be looking forward to your review of Either/Or once you finish.

Thank you for your comment, Ray. Yes, there is something more immediate and authentic about reading anything in the language in which it was written, although I have to say that reading Kierkegaard's original is no leisurely walk in the park. It requires patience and time and a certain amount of backtracking because his thoughts and sentences are so dense. But it's an interesting journey, and I'll certainly post a review once I finish (in a few months, I dare say).

I am enjoying reading Jean Jacques Rousseau's Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire French is one of the few foreign languages I know well-enough to read. I find a philosophical sympatico between Rousseau and Kierkegaard.

How interesting you should mention that book. I've thought about reading it a few times and might be able to manage it in French although it's been years since I read anything in French. But yes, Kierkegaard, too, was a keen walker-thinker. I'd be curious to know what else they have in common.