The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self… - Søren Kierkegaard

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The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but that the relation relates itself to its own self.

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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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Native Name: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
Alternative Names: Kierkegaard • Victor Eremita • Climacus • Anti-Climacus • Sören Aaby Kierkegaard
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I am alone, as I have always been; abandoned not by men, that would not pain me, but by the happy spirits of joy who in countless hosts encircled me, who met everywhere with their kind, pointed everywhere to an opportunity.
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