Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Livet kan kun forstaaes baglænds; men det maa leves forlænds.
Philosophers
Søren Kierkegaard
Born in 1813 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kierkegaard challenged Hegel's grand system-philosophy from the standpoint of the 'single individual,' placing subjective experiences — anxiety, despair, the leap of faith — at the center of philosophy. Through polyphonic works published under pseudonyms, he delineated three stages of existence: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious. Widely called the 'father of existentialism,' he prepared the ground for twentieth-century existentialist thought.
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