Greatest Philosophers In History | Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a profound and prolific 19th century writer and philosopher in the Danish Golden Age of intellectual and artistic activity. He wrote about how we choose to live and what it means to be alive, centred in the individual or “existing being”. He is regarded as the father of Existentialism. The stress of subjectivity is one of Kierkegaard’s main contributions.
His concept of anxiety or angst is one of the most profound pre-Freudian works of psychology. His most popular work includes the leap of faith, the concept of angst, the three stages on life (aesthetic, ethical, religious), among others.
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⌛ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
5:25 Kierkegaard’s “Philosophy”
9:21 Either/Or. The Two Stages: Aesthetic vs Ethical
11:17 Stages On Life’s Way. The Third Stage: The Religious
13:14 Fear and Trembling. The Religious vs The Ethical
14:08 Teleological Suspension of the Ethical
14:50 Knights of Infinite Resignation vs Knights of Faith
15:41 Anxiety and Angst
17:51 Leap of Faith
18:17 The Absurd
19:02 Find Your Own Truth
20:46 Kierkegaard’s Final Moments
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From the Aesthetic to the Leap of Faith: Søren Kierkegaard
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I like it!

[@bukurie6861]

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I do but what’s it with the music?

[@spasticalien]

If you don't do it, you'll regret it . If you do it, you'll regret it. If you don't do both, you'll regret it. That's pure existentialism right there

[@RoyArrowood]

I really don't tend to regret things. What's done is done. Even if you do regret it though, what point does that make?

[@ygg9888]

I suppose if you do both you regret it as well.

[@ralfrecknagel4760]

... but you don't regret thinking about all possibilities, that's one value of life to increase true understanding what is all about (like the famous number 42), without social pressure and false expectations.

[@necessaryevil6636]

@@RoyArrowood Well, I think that your emotional capacity for handling such situations is excellent, and whilst you might be unremorseful about occuring things, others might be, and sometimes they even wish to get the opportunity and redo things again. What's done is done, yes. But when you really think about it, there are really times when we truly wish we could've done so much better than we would've, or revert things to its past form.

[@josephsaczawa329]

I do what I don't wanna do. I don't do what I wanna do.

[@jayabyss377]

4:10 Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. One of my favorite Kierkegaard quotes.

[@danxarago8312]

His best.

[@jtfairchild3838]

I heard that he was also a Christian ...is that true ... because he never considered himself a philosopher in his own day and lived a relatively short life ...

[@godsstrength7129]

He was a Christian theologian

[@Laneline5000]

"If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence." ~ Søren Kierkegaard

[@Tom_Quixote]

Beer also works.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@Tom_Quixote great ! And wine too !

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙏 🤝 👍 love that so much !

[@johannbogason1662]

To paraphrase Dostoevsky and Kierkegård: Do not try to fill your spiritual vacuum in a crowd.

[@thehumanmistery]

in an illusion we should profoundly say

[@satnamo]

God is love because love is solitude

[@AG10381]

20:04 “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” That struck an inner chord, it's so true. We tend to overthink so much about solving and solving and that causes anxiety, sometimes the smallest of things can bring the highest of happiness, experiencing life, for what is the purpose of living a life that one does not even live...

[@elijahfoster5943]

wow... yes

[@michiher2643]

This is the most ambivalent part of philosophy. We are trying to understand, but in the end we are only understanding that we can’t understand.

[@th7beardsofz00z]

I broke off an engagement at the start of this year, it was a very painful experience for all parties involved. I was on a path of self realisation before the relationship started and was really coming into myself and regaining a love for life after years of suicidal ideation and stagnation. She was very loving and offered a situation where I could live comfortably from a monetary standpoint, something I have never had after a turbulent family life and spending my whole adult life in debt. This past 6 months I have never been worse off financially, working at a fast food restaurant to barely cover my rent, choosing between paying bills or buying food, but every day I spend the majority of my time with philosophical enquiry and have been learning art fundamentals to produce something of my own, to try and represent somewhat that which exists in my mind and I have never felt more at one with myself and the world around me. I am not in my youth anymore, and I will likely spend the rest of my life by myself. I cannot justify any of my actions, and I am not a responsible person who can offer any security or likely have the resources for a family situation. I have made the decision that I will give my all to realising my true nature, even if it kills me. I have already resigned to being a normal human being, I wish to be nothing, but know I must first become something. Probably too much of my personal information has been shared within this, but that is not something that bothers me. I just want you to know how much your videos and explanations of ideas has helped me. Thank you for creating this content

[@Orroz44]

As the text says on the oracle of Delphi: "Know thyself". For some of us, that is the only meaningful path. The outcome is not certain, but that is okay because the prosess itself is the reward.

[@stephenedwards9931]

Nice cop out of your life's responsibilities.

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[@thehumanmistery]

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[@haisolungdisuang2069]

Totally agreed 😊

[@Maltrix]

I’m a very anxious, overthinking kid and i love Søren’s take on Anxiety. Im a proud Dane. Godspeed.

[@raskolnikovman936]

The greatest philosophers in history series is awesome, please keep making them, I learn so much! Thanks!

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[@kavsmaru9422]

"The mystery of life is not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience" - Dune omg

[@shad0winfo]

i read about anxiety being the dizziness of freedom, now i understand it... Excellent video

[@sabas7549]

I don’t regret watching this video.

[@thehumanmistery]

embrace philosophy ❤️

[@jtfairchild3838]

Never knew much about him until my good friend R. C. Sproul brought his life to my attention .... Kierkegaard didn't live not even a half a century but had incredible insights and answers to man's lost condition and the remedy

[@BlindJediKnight]

I took two philosophy courses in college only heard of Kierkegaard a few times. This was fantastic. The fact that we spent months on existentialism and he was only mentioned twice is a shame.

[@Eternalised]

Thank you!! Appreciate your comment a lot. Truly underrated, especially in English-speaking countries for some reason. Strange, since he is the father of existentialism.

[@BlindJediKnight]

So the issue in my university was that they treated Sartre and Thoreau as if they were the fathers of existentialism. One of my professors clearly had a thing for Thoreau as we spent about three weeks on him alone which felt... heavy handed. We were taught that Kierkegaard was -the- father of existentialism but then they barely taught him at all. Moved right on to Sartre.

[@Eternalised]

@@BlindJediKnight ohhh, that seems biased. It's a shame but it is to be expected in the university, Kierkegaard maybe is kind of taboo. Regardless, another reason why self-education is paramount!

[@charlesmougeot-casaubon5064]

@@Eternalised I'm curious about that, why would he be taboo ?

[@NarniaKing777]

@@charlesmougeot-casaubon5064 because he is not an atheist

[@krishsingh1901]

You made this video very interesting to watch. I was already quite interested in philosophy, but now I feel like reading and learning about all of the philosophers. Existentialism is an incredible concept.

[@Eternalised]

Thank you Krish! So glad that it was useful, I've been reading Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, next is probably Dostovesky - I hear he has amazing novels. Thanks for your comment.

[@secularseeker]

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” - Wasted so much time thinking the opposite of this. How incredible to hear it stated in these terms. I could have lived my life without this chance encounter, but I've never been more inspired by a single phrase.

[@crosstolerance]

You can't fix the world's problems but you can change yourself.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

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[@Orionpax7000]

I genuinely enjoyed this video I didn't even know who this philosipher and I thank you for teaching me.

[@Eternalised]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, appreciate your comment

[@wanderingsoul1189]

One of my favorite philosophers.

[@enbilerfrainitiald8529]

This was fantastic. One of the best Kierkegaard videos I've found!

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This was an exceptional well rounded explanation. Thank you for making this video

[@minnesoso]

a solid examination of a great man. thank you

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[@dbuck1964]

This is an outstanding video and synopsis. Thank you.

[@charbam9506]

Excellent video - thank you!! I have watched a number of others on You Tube - and you actually brought it all together for me in a concise, insightful, comprehensive analysis.

[@MAX-tw3qz]

I know Kierkegaards journals inside out. He changed my entire outlook on Christendom

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[@Eternalised]

Thank you very much!

[@SeanLucasYT]

In the beginning, I liked that quote so much "Life can only be understood backwards; But must be lived forwards" that I wrote it down on my whiteboard. I had to re-watch a couple parts towards then to get the whole effect into it. Especially the part about getting married or don't get married, you'll regret it either way. Hang or don't hang you'll regret that decision too. Interesting to think about. Awesome video man, you always have great videos!

[@Eternalised]

Thank Sean! Always great to have your support. Interesting to think about indeed, love that quote as well! :)

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These are really great, very comfy watching.

[@savannavink]

I really like the way you capture Kierkegaard's ideas. I do want to point out that in the story of Abraham and Isaac, Abraham does not kill Isaac. God provides an animal rustling in the bush and Abraham takes that as a sign from God not to sacrifice his son, but to sacrifice an animal instead. But you were right in noting that this was a battle between ethics and faith (or as you say "religion"). Because the dilemma was choosing between Abraham's own son's life and his love for God.

[@Walczyk]

that’s amazing, abraham may have taken anything as a sign, like if he accidentally cut himself, or the clouds block out the sun. so silly

[@augustomunoz6138]

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced". I had heard the phrase before. It's in Dune, by Frank Herbert. I don't recall who says it but, in the 2021 movie, it's Jamis who says this to Paul Atreides in a dream. So Frank Herbert was fond of Kierkegaard. Or at least familiar with his philosophy. Not surprising given how introspective the Dune saga is. How wonderful! PS: Dune. Highly recommended.

[@gameknight2914]

Choice is everything, thanks for choosing Kierkegaard for this video! Looking forward to more! Keep up the great work!

[@Eternalised]

Thank you so much! Appreciate your time to write a nice comment.

[@mr.reddit1514]

I'm usually not interested in history videos but this one was actually really interesting!

[@Eternalised]

Thank you for the kind comment!

[@CN-yo5hs]

Kierkegaard is an interesting man to say the least about him

[@Eternalised]

Absolutely, fascinating. Thanks!

[@raulrus9026]

This video is a masterpiece

[@besitterplay]

What an excellent video, great narration. Thank you so much for this!

[@Eternalised]

Thanks a lot Oscar!! Really appreciate your kind words :)

[@paradiddle1]

Kierkegaard is basically my 40’s.

[@123TheLancer]

Excellent video, very fascinating.

[@Ronaldo49500]

I discovered your channel yesterday, what a pleasant surprise. I really enjoy your videos, they are very interesting and can help us understand the important messages of brilliant philosophes. Thank you

[@Eternalised]

Welcome aboard! Glad you find the videos helpful, appreciate your kind message.

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Amazing work !

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This video was so enjoyable his work definitely helps build by faith ❤️

[@PurpleHippoCinema]

a great in-depth look at a very interesting and influential philosopher!

[@Eternalised]

Many thanks!! Appreciate the comment :)

[@oraclegreen7938]

Thank you 🌺

[@MasterKeyPapi]

This is perfect 💎🗝️

[@h92o]

The goal of being is the actual experience of being here and now such that we are truly real. The more real people are the greater the experience being is actualized. We fulfill our own personal philosophy of infinite now and that's why I know that I know who I am in this world.

[@jasonfields7964]

Good work as always, he is my favorite thinker along with Schopenhauer, Camus and Nietzsche

[@edwoodyward]

great take on Soren Kierkegaard. Makes me wanna go back to college, man.. thanks!

[@Eternalised]

Thank you very much! Appreciate your kind words!

[@davids3bastian235]

I’ve always been interested in philosophy and your video was very informative! Good work

[@Eternalised]

Awesome! Thank you! Appreciate it

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Excellent stuff

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I listen to these videos everyday really appreciate your work and words informative without the complicated literature. Thank you

[@tgalanopoulos2123]

I don't normally like history videos but this one was really interesting!

[@Eternalised]

Thank you! Appreciate the kindness.

[@silkyjay869]

For never looking into him he really sounds like he influenced Freddy Nietzsche. This guys trippy and incredibly deep

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[@trainybanger6946]

Very interesting, esp about Kierkegaard!

[@Eternalised]

Thanks so much TrainBanger!

[@fraidoonw]

thanks, i listened his whole philosophy in a nut shell perfectly!

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Great Vid, Really interesting! :D

[@Eternalised]

Thank you kindly! :)

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Appreciate the high quality videos, must have put a lot of time into this. Any way I can donate?

[@Eternalised]

Thank you so much! Absolutely. I have a page on Ko-Fi where you can donate ko-fi.com/eternalised or on Patreon!

[@moremedicatedmatt9132]

nice vid!!

[@Eternalised]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the visit!

[@user-fd3vq9sp1j]

This video is so rich with information

[@Eternalised]

Thank you very much! Thanks for the comment.

[@AdrenochromeDream]

Very good video, thank you! I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke - Søren Kierkegaard The leading edge of reality is nothing but our own personal decisions, the choices we make settle what we become, and what kind of world we're going to find ourselves in. - Søren Kierkegaard

[@gazalahoorlika7987]

These videos should be encouraged. We learn a lot

[@thehumanmistery]

true

[@hypoproductions8110]

Good channel keep up the hard work

[@Eternalised]

Thank you!! Appreciate it.

[@MG-bc1ng]

Gracias por los subtítulos en Español, se agradece! Un saludo

[@Eternalised]

De nada, es un placer. ¡Gracias por la visita!

[@JoeMacekRealEstate]

Hey came by watched in real time end to end! Joe!!!

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love him

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[@Eternalised]

Thanks and welcome my friend!

[@juanarel6966]

que buen canal!

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

Si, si !

[@thewongmindset451]

Man that was nice his dad’s wealth allowed him to do his own thing. Man great video 👍

[@edwaaard46]

Dude, your stuff is great! Keep creating, love it! I like the simplicity of your videos, and the high knowledge that comes along with it. Thank you! Did you studied philosophy in the university? I studied philosophy for myself, read nietzsche, dostojewski, sarte, kierkegaard and so on! I can highly recommend you to read "Life against Death by Norman O Brown. Brown studied freud, nietzsche and many others and wrote this book. Unfortunately he is not well known.. i would really love to see a video about this book.

[@Eternalised]

Thank you! I study philosophy as a hobby as well. I'll look into "Life against Death".

[@MasterKeyPapi]

This is as close to perfect a guide to face one's anxiety and use it to catalyze growth and strength in our existence. This was also a thought study in how to handle, face and embrace fear and reflection. #introspective 🗝️

[@Rico-Suave_]

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 21:33

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Good one

[@Eternalised]

Thank you! Cheers!

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Good stuff

[@Eternalised]

Thanks for the visit. Glad you enjoyed it!

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Just came from your notes from the underground video. Please don't change this content. I can see you're a new channel, so I would quite enraged if I start seeing you doing Ben shepiro person type of crap. Also I'm not trying to be a jerk, but speak clearly I had to open the caption to understand "theatre" and even words like "just" wasn't clear, try around 5:00 and hear yourself (I'm being obsessed because I just saw your channel and I'm loving it)

[@Eternalised]

No worries will keep making this type of content! Thanks for the remarks, I definitely notice it more in some of my videos, hence why I make subtitles for all. I need to learn to vocalise better!! (work in progress). Welcome to the channel! :)

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

I have just started reading Works of Love. The words they used for his criticism of the church was "polemical".

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Works of Love en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_of_Love

[@itzzzsss]

9:55. Same ol' routine of life's choirs & tasks

[@ytb.36-hy2wv]

yes

[@imadeyoureadthis1]

"Daddy's money ended, guess I'll die", sort of vibes. I wonder if he could hold the same ideals if he experienced life through what he wanted to avoid.

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Nice voice

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I am commenting so it gets recommended to several other people. Nice Video.

[@USUFSATE]

good sukses selalu

[@gazalahoorlika7987]

Great philosophers of world are really awesome. They make us weird

[@SergioBlackDolphin]

Like many philosophers, he might have been diagnosed with non stereotypical high functioning autism. His existentialism and hyper empathy and his challenges in the social are further confirming that. The autism spectrum is so wide today, I think the majority of people are, but especially those gifted and challenged.

[@kasperchristensen8416]

Morbid fact: "Kierkegaard" (modern spelling "Kirkegård") is the Danish word for "cemetery". Source: I'm Danish ;)

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

thats in fact incredible morbid . . .

[@RocketKirchner]

In the 19th century of systems , Kierkegaard and Neitzche were the two rebels insisting on being individuals .

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

And before that there was MAX STIRNER !

[@user-pm4dc6fz2r]

Lol what is the title of the photo at 10:05? Is that a.. pipe rack.. on the wall? I WANT THAT!

[@Eternalised]

Great painting. The Card Players by Paul Cézanne

[@saniadams401]

3:50 hey that's my church!

[@pathkeepers]

The one thing I’ve never agreed with anyone about is the idea that immortality would somehow be a bad thing. It’s not like I haven’t thought about it, or haven’t heard the arguments against it. I just feel that I would enjoy every moment the way I enjoy every moment of my current mortal existence. I guess the idea of getting stuck somewhere like in a mudslide would be terrifying. But eventually you’d just go insane and hallucinate a new existence like a brain in a jar situation. The sun swallowing the earth would be hard to deal with if you couldn’t get away in time. Floating in the nothingness after the cold death of the universe with a bunch of black holes would be boring, but I feel like I’d have more than enough time to create an ark. People are like, “you’d live through the death of everyone you know”. But I’ve lost enough people to know that you always get over it. Can someone tell me what I’m missing? Also, if immortality is so terrifying to people, why is it the endgame for so many religions? Also, if I woke up tomorrow with immortality, invincibility, and was the only person on earth, I would NEVER get bored.

[@sonazki]

history is cool

[@Eternalised]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the visit!

[@allsaintsmonastery]

To bad the speaker whispers instead of speaking, so that you cannot actually hear what he says.

[@johnnysalter7072]

What is the best translations?

[@doyle6000]

I would like to know that too!

[@enricojeremias5425]

The music accompanying the video, can be a little distructing at times ... Still. 👍

[@lorenz6660]

Amigo podrías agregar los subtitulos al español en este video por favor. 😁

[@Eternalised]

Por supuesto! En breve estarán disponibles.

[@lorenz6660]

@@Eternalised Muchas gracias 💪

[@Eternalised]

@@lorenz6660 ¡Ya están disponibles! Un saludo

[@henrifischer1119]

all this overthinking. life is death. that's all existentialism comes down to. said in only 3 words.

[@zachd4693]

This is a good video on the pseudonymous works discussed, but would probably be a lot stronger with the addition of Kierkegaard's signed works. The quotation from Either/Or (18:30-19:00) really needs clarification as not being Kierkegaard's own view (it is B paraphrasing A); Kierkegaard would not say that the authentic Christian would regret having faith, because the authentic Christian would not have the "care" of things in the world due to his devotion to God (the eternal): “Alas, for the person who loves the world in the sagacious sense of the moment, the eternal is a riddle. He is continually thinking: But if some temporal help suddenly turned up, I would indeed be deceived, I who in the decision of eternity was dead to temporality. This means that one still regards the temporal as the highest and the eternal as a kind of desperate standby. Therefore one postpones the decision as long as possible; and even if temporality’s help is the most unreasonable of all expectations, goaded on in superstitious delusion one would rather hope for it than grasp the eternal. There is the continual fear that one would come to regret this, and yet the eternal, if one grasps it in truth, is the only, unconditionally the only thing of which one may unconditionally say: It is never regretted. But if a person feared that he would at some time regret the decision of the eternal, it serves him right that he at some time must regret bitterly that he let time go by" ("Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing" from Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, Hong translation, p. 114). (See also the first part of Christian Discourses, "The Cares of the Pagans"). And there is in this video, as always in videos about Kierkegaard, a lack of attention given to joy and other positive qualities in Kierkegaard's work. (See especially the second part of Christian Discourses, "States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering"): “the rich Christian is able to have joy from his earthly wealth, joy every time he is granted opportunity to do something good with his wealth, that he can do another person a service and that he at the same time can serve his God” (CD, 32). “This is also why the Christian, free from care, is never indecisive-he has faith; never vacillating-he is eternally resolved; never disconsolate-he is always joyous, always giving thanks" (CD, 85). “Hardship procures hope. It does not give hope, but it procures it. It is the person himself who acquires it, eternity’s hope, which is planted in him, hidden in his innermost being; but hardship procures it” (CD, 110). To me the most joyous part of Kierkegaard's whole authorship is his emphasis on the personal responsibility and how everyone, categorically everyone, is able to have faith, e.g.: "Ordinarily everyone who lives in Christendom has unconditionally enough knowledge about Christianity to be able to invoke and supplicate, to be able to turn in prayer to Christ. If he does that with the need of inwardness and in honesty of heart, he surely will become a believer. If only it is altogether definite before God that this person feels the need to believe, he will very definitely find out what he is to believe. The opposite is: without a need to believe, to go on researching, ruminating, and pondering, more and more wanting nigglingly to waste year after year of one’s life, and finally one’s eternal salvation, on getting absolutely and precisely definite, down to a dot over a letter, what one is to believe. This opposite is empty shadowboxing that merely becomes more and more self-important, or it is a scholarly, learned practice in the wrong place, therefore a scholarly, learned malpractice, or it is cowardly, inhuman, and to that extent also ungodly pusillanimity” (CD, 245-246). Very good video though. I see that you have other Kierkegaard videos on your channel but they all seem to relate to the pseudonymous works. I hope that if you continue making them in the future you might consider his very under-read and astonishingly beautiful and insightful signed works, especially his Discourses and Works of Love. Though the pseudonymous works get all the attention, there is much in the signed works even for those who read Kierkegaard primarily for psychological or aesthetic understanding; he is always attentive to our relationships with the world, including the ways in which we fail to live up to what we ought to become: “it holds true here, as in all these discourses, that everything depends on how the relationship is viewed” (CD, 126).

[@Eternalised]

That was amazing. Thank you! I haven't heard of these works of Kierkegaard, but surely sound fascinating. I'll make more Kierkegaard videos in the future for sure. Will keep in mind your citations. Cheers

[@zachd4693]

@@Eternalised I'm very glad to hear it! I'll look forward to your next videos about him =) Take care

[@satnamo]

What I really lack is To be clear in my mind What am I to do, Not what I must know. The chief task of life is to become an individual and I can only become an individual by action and decision. I sacrifice my self for my profession, My wife, My children, Or, more properly expressed, I do not sacrifice my self for them, But I find in them My satisfaction and joy. What I am through her She is through me. Neither of us is anything by oneself; We are what we are In union. That is why friends are dangerous; Especially spouses. Das biggest danger is that of losing oneself. To have a self, To be a self, Is das greateste concession made to mankind, And at the same time, It is eternity’s demand upon him. Every call from god is always addressed to 1 single person- de individual. Therefore, de 1 who is called Must stand alone, Walk alone, Sit alone, Sleep alone, Alone with god. God is in us- The author of our dreams.