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Soren Kierkegaard Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Denmark
  • Born: May 5, 1813
  • Died: Nov 11, 1855

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology and philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking, and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. He was a fierce critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Swedenborg, Hegel, Goethe, Fichte, Schelling, Schlegel, and Hans Christian Andersen.

His theological work focuses on Christian ethics, the institution of the Church, the differences between purely objective proofs of Christianity, the infinite qualitative distinction between man and God, and the individual's subjective relationship to the God-Man Jesus Christ, which came through faith. Much of his work deals with the art of Christian love.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. change, God & religion

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. freedom

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. love

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. great & men

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. patience

Don't forget to love yourself. love

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. men

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. great

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. life

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

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. life

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor. teacher

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. God

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. change, God & nature

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. God

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further. faith

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. life

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. life

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important. dating

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. good

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. truth

Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards. experience & life

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