Soren Kierkegaard

mer of 1848. For someone living across the street from the Castle of Rags there were plenty of people in need of assistance, and ...

“Copenhagen Is a Very Filthy Town” Naturally, the carriage tours were taken for the sake of the inspiration that came from diver ...

south and west stemming from rotten seaweed, among other things;... from the north and east coming from the tanneries, from old, ...

out at regular intervals, and it could stink. “In many places, ”Dr. Horne- mann wrote, “I have found cellars, entryways, and sta ...

of these creatures got stuck in the pump mechanism, one had to send for a “water inspector,” the equivalent of the modern plumbe ...

tory on Kronprinsensgade, to establish a steam bath, making use of the surplus steam generated by the steam plant he used in the ...

dation says perhaps more about the recommender than about the recom- mendee, but Kierkegaard thought well of Anders: “Anders, wi ...

parts, consisting ofThe Sickness unto DeathandRadical Cure, but during the ensuing months the plan was reshuffled, and on May 13 ...

psychologist with what he needed, ready at hand, “just as in a well-equipped house one does not need to go down to the street to ...

Kierkegaard’s writings, but Anti-Climacus then adds considerable dramatic depth to his diagnosis: “The poet existence we are con ...

take it upon himself in faith—that he cannot do. That is, in the final analysis he does not want to—or, at this point his self t ...

that God has approved of it and has helped me in every way. I thank him again and again for having done infinitely more for me t ...

plete with a silk ribbon so that it could be hung from the Christmas tree in every spiritless bourgeois home: “Then there would ...

in order that they become aesthetically superior, but in order that the poetic can go out in style. “For if poetry is truly to f ...

you can smell; that you can taste; that you can feel; that the sun shines for you—and for your sake; that when it becomes tired, ...

thecontraspeaks. I have now entered into Christianity so decisively, have presented much of it so stringently and earnestly, tha ...

similarly made use of Mrs. Heiberg as an occasion to comment on the follies of the age, of which there are always many. Kierkega ...

accustomed to working things out in detail. What is essential for me is the luxuriant richness of my presentation and that every ...

life more difficult than ever? And of course the lecture series he imagined remained only a thought. But this did not mean that ...

The actual point of view inThe Point of Viewis simple enough, in a way: “The contents of this little book then are as follows: W ...