>The sorcerer Virgil had himself chopped in pieces and placed in a cauldron to be cooked for eight days, thus to become rejuvinated. He had someone watch out that no intruder peeped into the cauldron. The watchman was unable, however, to resist the temptations. It was too soon. Virgil disappeared with a cry, like a little child. >I, too, have probably looked too early into the cauldron, into the cauldron of life and its historical development, and no doubt will never manage to be more than a child.
what the fuck
>>25349550Google says this is from Either/Or. I don't get the metaphor here can someone explain it to me
>>25349550But didn't his rejuv spell fail because he trusted someone else to not look? Looking early didnt harm the watchman, just the guy who trusted him to not peek, so while your point has value in itself, it makes no sense given the context from the story
>>25349556i'm hella blazed rn but uhh the first part sounds like the guard ate him. then he says he's like the child? tf
>>25349556ask Chadgeebeedee
>>25349556Kirk did philosophy too early it turned him into an anxious eternal manchild
>>25349557Kierkegaard BTFO
>>25349550Virgil was a sorcerer? How did he end up in the Noble Pagan circle of Hell?
