Ain't that the truth
Written by Richard MacManus / January 31, 2004 11:16 PM
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S¯ren Kierkegaard, 19th century philosopher: "Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion--and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion . . . while Truth again reverts to a new minority."
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That's very funny, I was just reading an excerpt from Kierkergaard in Kaufmann's book, and I was thinking how similar it sounded to blogging. I think part of it was this passage. Good pull!
Posted by: Greg | January 31, 2004 5:10 PM
Heh, yes Kierkegaard is a favourite of mine. He kept extensive journals, so in a sense he was a blogger before his time...although it would be totally cringeworthy to formally state that - ref the 'Emerson was the first blogger' meme that went around a few months ago :-)
Posted by: Richard MacManus | January 31, 2004 6:06 PM