It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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Søren KierkegaardJournals (1843)
About Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher and theologian often called the father of existentialism. (1813-1855)
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- Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.Either/Or (1843), tr. Swenson
- What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act.Journal entry, Gilleleie (1835)
- The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.Journals (1848)
- The greatest danger, that of losing one's own self, may pass off as quietly as if it were nothing.The Sickness unto Death (1849)
- How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have.Either/Or, Part I (1843), tr. Swenson
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