Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
This incessant tendency to dichotomize pain with pleasure has its roots in Aristotle. Careful observation now reveals what biology confirms; semantics as projections from the amygdala and regulate emotions; sharing electrical information with the limbic system.
Addictive as it may be, the language we use is impregnated with the mustard seed of something foul, delivered with benevolence in mind, this is our birthright and yet society isn't always correct, politically or ethically.
