Soren Kierkegaard

briskly, and we—or I—bear the blame for his beginning to cry, which, from a child’s point of view, he was quite justified in doi ...

illuminated apartment in Nørregade one evening and decided to stop by foraninstant.Kierkegaardwasdressedupasifforadinnerparty,so ...

might regard as fortunate in life came by and never forgot to say ‘Good morning’andoccasionallyalsotoexchangeafewwordswithher... ...

alleys.SowhenKierkegaardmovedaboutinthestreetsofCopenhagen,his struttingwasconnectedwithhiswriting,hewaseverywhereandnowhere, wa ...

wherethereisdangerandopposition.Idonotwant(a`laMartensen,Hei- berg, et cetera) to live in cowardly and prissy fashion at an aris ...

Mynsterandhisofficialswouldunderstandthat“inwantingtogothrough withthissortofcompulsorybaptism,itisbynomeansthepastorofPeder- sb ...

possible.Naturally therearewell-known similarities:Bothwere criticalof theologicalrationalismandofthespeculativephilosophyofoneo ...

werefumblingandwonthedecisivebattleatthechurchdoorinWittenberg where he silenced the learned tongue lashers and distorters of th ...

matic—which predictably enough does nothing to clarify the situation. Grundtvig is andremains undialectical, and for lack ofanyt ...

vig has in fact written: “His style, especially in his later pieces, does not occasionally include an arousing allusion to Nordi ...

logicalaccesstothehardmanbehindallthecordialityandthereforeended upas“sheerdrivel-heads.”Thisdrivelingincluded,firstandforemost, ...

location, supported by Barfoed and Povelsen. A great cloak is draped around him in artistic fashion. He has a staff in his hand. ...

entrance, a woman came running, with her hat and shawl and parasol, a rather silly woman. The sweat was pouring from her and she ...

from January 1839 until April 1842. Tryde was of Mynster’s tendency in church matters, but his theology was more speculative and ...

AnotherpastorappointedtotheChurchofOurSaviorwasCarlHolger Visby, who also served as prison pastor at the Copenhagen city jail, a ...

you leave with a ray of sunshine in your heart. He is the only improviser of them all.” Kierkegaard continued to hear Visby prea ...

tiesshehadsufferedsinceshehadlastbeenthere....Servingmaidsaremy favoritesortofpeople,bothinchurchandinFrederiksberg.” Itistypica ...

constitutes the genuine tone of a hymn....Grundtvig is, was, and will remain a noisemaker. Even in eternity I will find him unpl ...

“People Think I’m a Hack Writer” A writer is never better than his most recent book, and Kierkegaard strug- gled to surpass hims ...

his “declaration” labels, respectively, as “the legitimate ruler of Danish liter- ature,” “a man of learning of European stature ...