{"id":72926,"date":"2026-06-10T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=72926"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:59:56","slug":"its-worth-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/its-worth-asking\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Worth Asking"},"content":{"rendered":"Questions are a way of listening to one another and showing interest. But not every question awakens the other person\u2019s interest.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor some, certain questions aren\u2019t really \u201ctheir\u201d questions, either because they already know the answer or have figured it out for themselves or because they don\u2019t find the question particularly interesting or relevant. How can I tell the difference? How do I know whether a question touches me or not? What makes it moving, and what makes it boring?\n\n\n\nThe Real Question\n\n\n\nSome questions open up a new perspective; they contain an element of tension; they are stimulating and electrifying and prompt reflection and introspection. They hold some kind of secret, hint at something, and leave a trail. Other questions lack this aura: they remain within <div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Would you like to keep reading? We're pleased to present our Summer 2026 offer, valid until August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/subscribe\/\"> three months of free access <\/a> \u2013 cancel anytime.\r\n<br><br>\r\nIf you're already a subscriber, <a href=\"#\" class=\"modal-tr\" data-type=\"latl\">please log in here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions are a way of listening to one another and showing interest. But not every question awakens the other person\u2019s interest. For some, certain questions aren\u2019t really \u201ctheir\u201d questions, either because they already know the answer or have figured it out for themselves or because they don\u2019t find the question particularly interesting or relevant. How can I tell the difference? How do I know whether a question touches me or not? What makes it moving, and what makes it boring? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9164,"featured_media":72722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9115,8788],"tags":[11805,11806,8824],"class_list":["post-72926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consciousness","category-essay-en","tag-ausgabe-22-2026-en","tag-english-issue-24-2026","tag-spotlights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72949,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72926\/revisions\/72949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}