“The times are past when only the powerful and the prominent were human beings, and the others were bond servants and slaves.”

— Søren Kierkegaard, Works of Love (1847), tr. Howard and Edna Hong

About Søren Kierkegaard

1813 – 1855

Danish philosopher and theologian, considered a founder of existentialism. Wrote on anxiety, faith and the individual in 'The Concept of Anxiety' (1844).

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