As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and… - Søren Kierkegaard

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As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my own nothingness, and on the other hand, the sure flight of the birds recalled the words spoken by Christ: Not a sparrow shall fall on the ground without your Father: then, all at once, I felt how great and how small I was; then did those two mighty forces, pride and humility, happily unite in friendship.

Søren Kierkegaard

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About Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish Christian philosopher and theologian, considered to be a founder of Existentialist thought and Absurdist traditions. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology and philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables.

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Pen Names: Victor Eremita • A • Judge William • Johannes de silentio • Constantine Constantius • Young Man • Vigilius Haufniensis • Nicolaus Notabene • Hilarius Bookbinder • Johannes Climacus • Inter et Inter • H.H. • Anti-Climacus • B • Johannes de Silentio • Constantin Constantius • P. CH. Kierkegaard

Native Name: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

Alternative Names: Kierkegaard • Climacus • Sören Aaby Kierkegaard

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the measure of a person’s disposition is this: how far is he from what he understands to what he does, how great is the distance between his understanding and his actions.

Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.

If we ask what poetry is
we may say in general that it is
a victory over the world;
it is through a negation of the
imperfect actuality
that poetry opens up
a higher actuality

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