Kierkegaard on Nonconformity, the Individual vs. the Crowd, and the Power of the Minority – The Marginalian

“Truth always rests with the minority … 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 w…

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