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405 Kierkegaard Falls in Love

The History of Literature

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Become Rather Than Be

The point is to comprehend what i am called to do, says Kirkegarde. This is where we get the seedlings of existentialism - breaking free of conventional wisdom and thought. Not until a man has inwardly understood himself and then sees the course he is to take, does his life gain peace and meaning. Only then is he free of that irksome, sinister, travelling companion,. That irony of life, which manifests itself in the sphere of knowledge.

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