Tag Kierkegaard

Rereading Les Particules élémentaires

One of the two protagonists in Atomized by Michel Houellebecq reminisces: Oh, maybe I felt a little sad—but in a very general sort of way. “God Himself cannot undo that which has been done,” as some Catholic writer said somewhere.…

The Frankfurt Airport School

I was drying my hands in a restroom at Central Europe’s largest airport when I caught a fragment of an announcement: “Passengers… Kierkegaard and Kant, please contact the information desk.” They must be on a flight to Copenhagen, I thought. Can’t Kant…