Søren Kierkegaard on existence
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) approaches existence within Christian existentialism. Truth in existential matters concerns appropriation; anxiety reveals possibility, and faith cannot be reduced to objective proof. Systematically, the teaching links faith, anxiety, individual into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets existence most directly—useful for searches such as “søren kierkegaard quotes on existence.”
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