Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.Søren Kierkegaard
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
Philosopher · 1813 – 1855
Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher and theologian regarded as the first existentialist thinker. Writing under playful pseudonyms, he explored faith, anxiety and the individual's leap beyond rational systems in works such as Fear and Trembling.
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