405 Kierkegaard Falls in Love
The History of Literature
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Kirkegard's Fear and Trembling
Soren Kirkegard was the son of a man who thought he had sinned with his diatribe against his maker. Five of his seven children died, bringing him pain after pain after pain. His brother peter followed their father's wishes and went into theology. Sorin started to switch from theology to philosophy. And it was there and then that he realized that his guy, the one who gave him the most pleasure and fascinated him the most, was socrates.
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