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• may get hurt, you may ruin your whole life, and if any of this happens, then only you are to blame. This unpleasant truth is often expressed psychologically in vague, unspecific feelings of unease that are simply an inescapable part of truly “existing”. Kierkegaard thought that this “angst” might also have deeper theological roots to do with every ...
• Being a “Christian” is a life commitment to one’s personal relationship with God, not just passive obedience to a set of conventional rules and doctrines.
• he seems to have had some kind of mystical experience that rekindled his religious enthusiasm. “There is an indescribable joy which blazes in me.” He became reconciled with his now ailing father but, three months later, the old man died. This affected Søren deeply.
• “On the Concept of Irony, with Special Reference to Socrates”. In this essay he praises Socrates for his attacks on conventional ideas and accepted wisdoms, and his impressive ironic detachment. Socrates
• He was not husband material. His habit of deep thought and reflection made him “a lover with a wooden leg”.