Angest er Frihedens Svimmelhed, en Svimmelhed, der kommer, naar Friheden vil gaae over i sin Mulighed, og idet den da seer ned i sit eget Svælg, saa styrter den. Absolutely correct, who didn’t know that!

Evolution of world tends to show the absolute importance of the category of the individual apart from the crowd #SorenKierkegaard

Most people become quite afraid when each is expected to be a separate individual #SorenKierkegaard

I've been thinking a lot about success and productivity recently, and it's time to get back to a more philosophical bent. Not that there's no philosophy in that, but I've explored it about as well as I

One of the things that I like about reflecting on aphorisms is that sometimes aphorisms can contain a challenge. The whole point is to enter into a process of self-improvement and to keep going with that.

#Unhappy individuals who hope never have the same pain as those who remember #SorenKierkegaard

It's been awhile since I've posted to Steemit, but I'm back. This latest episode of Casually Curious, which can be found on YouTube at was both intended as educational, dissecting a portion of Kierkegaard's

Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten, sich zu selbst zu betrügen. Die eine ist, zu glauben, was nicht wahr ist; die andere ist, sich zu weigern zu glauben, was wahr ist. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

Nobody wants to be this strenuous thing: an individual; it demands an effort #SorenKierkegaard

Kierkegaard visse nella prima metà del XIX secolo e conobbe le rivoluzioni scientifiche ed ideologiche nate con esso, infatti il filosofo nacque nel 1813 a Copenaghen e morì nel 1855 sempre nella capitale

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

The convention is to write a post introducing yourself. I've been struggling with an approach to doing that. I could write about my life - where I've been, what I've done, but that's a long way around

Damn this is good! Soren Kierkegaard was one of the most popular philosophers. From Denmark, he presented a lot of views that many embrace still today. This one about taking a dare resonates with me. If

I did a roundup of the resources in my database on Søren Kierkegaard - the father of Existentialism well before it had a name who thought deeply about existential anxiety or angst - for his birthday and

"Das Leben kann nur in der Schau nach rückwärts verstanden, aber nur in der Schau nach vorwärts gelebt werden." (Sören Kierkegaard, Dänemark, 1813- 55; Theologe und Philosoph) Quelle Es ist doch

In part #4 I will explain Kant’s suggestion we just don’t set any ends at all. In later blogs I will take you through to what I think is a resolution of the paradox. A way to find meaning where there is

We all strive to achieve meaningful goals; or ‘ends’ as we’ll call them here. But in achieving them we have a problem - The Paradox of the End. In part #1 I will spell out the paradox. In later blogs I

“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world

"ANXIETY IS THE DIZZINESS OF FREEDOM." - SØREN KIERKEGAARD, THE CONCEPT OF ANXIETY Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and social critic who is often described as the

Existentialism As An Endeavor To Grasp Reality