{"id":8863,"date":"2013-04-12T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/12\/introverts-and-inwardness\/"},"modified":"2013-04-12T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:50:38","slug":"introverts-and-inwardness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/12\/introverts-and-inwardness\/","title":{"rendered":"Introverts and Inwardness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c017d42bf5178970c-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kierkegaard\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a010535ce1cf6970c017d42bf5178970c\" src=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c017d42bf5178970c-500wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Kierkegaard\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Whereas the extrovert finds himself in socializing, the introvert loses himself in it: he experiences the loss of his inwardness, which <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">is precious to him, a pearl of great price, not willingly surrendered. The clearest expression of this dismay at self-loss that I am aware of finds expression is an early (1836) journal entry of S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">&#0160;I have just returned from a party of which I was the life and soul; witty banter flowed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me &#8212; but I came away, indeed the dash should be as long as the radius&#0160; of the earth&#39;s orbit &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- wanting to shoot myself.&#0160; (<em>The Diary of S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard<\/em>, ed. Peter P. 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