- Peter Christian Kierkegaard. Irresolution almost seems to shine forth from the eyes of Peter
Christian Kierkegaard, whose fate was to some extent determined by the circumstance that he was
the elder brother of a little brother who was a genius. He defended his thesis On Lying at Göttingen,
where his eloquence and dialectical acumen earned him the nickname “The Devilish Debater from
Scandinavia.” Despite his qualifications, he was passed over for professorial posts both in philosophy
and theology, presumably because he had theologically incorrect sympathies for Grundtvig. In 1875,
after almost twenty years as bishop of Aalborg, the darkened and spiritually broken man tendered his
resignation because he felt himself unworthy to hold the position.
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(Romina)
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