Philosophical writing that explores two distinct points of view and reflects on the search for a meaningful existence, Mozart, boredom, and other topics.

Translation of: Enten-eller (first published in 2 volumes: Copenhagen, 1943). This translation originally published: 1992.

Part I: Containing the papers of A. Preface. 1. Diapsalmata -- 2. The immediate erotic stages or the musical erotic -- 3. Ancient tragedy's reflection in the modern -- 4. Shadowgraphs -- 5. The unhappiest one -- 6. Crop rotation -- 7. The seducer's diary -- Part II: Containing the papers of B ; letters to A. 1. The aesthetic validity of marriage -- 2. Equilibrium between the aesthetic and the ethical in the development of personality -- 3. Last word -- 4. The edifying in the thought that against God we are always in the wrong.