Weekend Editor on Nostr: npub1ks70c…teg5u The Danish original (Journalen JJ:167 (1843)) is a bit longer, ...
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The Danish original (Journalen JJ:167 (1843)) is a bit longer, explaining that _in medias res_ is a terrible starting place to understand one's life:
Original Danish: “Det er ganske sandt, hvad Philosophien siger, at Livet maa forstaaes baglaends. Men derover glemmer man den anden Saetning, at det maa leves forlaends. Hvilken Saetning, jo meer den gjennemtaenkes, netop ender med, at Livet i Timeligheden aldrig ret bliver forstaaeligt, netop fordi jeg intet Øieblik kan faae fuldelig Ro til at indtage Stillingen: baglaends.”
English: “It is really true what philosophy tells us, that life must be understood backwards. But with this, one forgets the second proposition, that it must be lived forwards. A proposition which, the more it is subjected to careful thought, the more it ends up concluding precisely that life at any given moment cannot really ever be fully understood; exactly because there is no single moment where time stops completely in order for me to take position [to do this]: going backwards.”
https://www.someweekendreading.blog/quotes/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLife%20can%20only,be%20lived%20forwards.)
The Danish original (Journalen JJ:167 (1843)) is a bit longer, explaining that _in medias res_ is a terrible starting place to understand one's life:
Original Danish: “Det er ganske sandt, hvad Philosophien siger, at Livet maa forstaaes baglaends. Men derover glemmer man den anden Saetning, at det maa leves forlaends. Hvilken Saetning, jo meer den gjennemtaenkes, netop ender med, at Livet i Timeligheden aldrig ret bliver forstaaeligt, netop fordi jeg intet Øieblik kan faae fuldelig Ro til at indtage Stillingen: baglaends.”
English: “It is really true what philosophy tells us, that life must be understood backwards. But with this, one forgets the second proposition, that it must be lived forwards. A proposition which, the more it is subjected to careful thought, the more it ends up concluding precisely that life at any given moment cannot really ever be fully understood; exactly because there is no single moment where time stops completely in order for me to take position [to do this]: going backwards.”
https://www.someweekendreading.blog/quotes/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLife%20can%20only,be%20lived%20forwards.)