"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

[spaf@mstdn.social]

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

-- Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

[apgarcia@fosstodon.org]

@spaf That almost sounds more like a Voltaire quip than something you'd expect from Kierkegaard.

“People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.” - Kierkegaard

[johnrohde@helvede.net]

@spaf I've heard a Kierkegaard scholar propose that Kierkegaard would have been crushing on Twitter and similar platforms.