Soren Kierkegaard

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  1. Peder Ludvig Møller.
    “Not much is known about his
    private life; his unsympathetic
    personality kept most people at
    a suitable distance,” wrote Carl
    Brosbøll (known as Carit Etlar)
    with respect to Møller, who
    was also called Kierkegaard’s
    demonic doppelgänger. He was
    a theological student, but like
    Kierkegaard, he passed the time
    with various studies, particularly
    of aesthetic and philosophical
    subjects; he was a fixture in cafés
    and was known for his malicious
    tongue—and for his insatiable
    desire for women. He aroused
    universal offense—and certainly
    universal envy, as well—by liv-
    ing out in real life the sensuality
    that others, including Kierke-
    gaard, cultivated in so Platonic a
    medium as paper.

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