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Søren Kierkegaard quotes on self

5 verified English passages where Søren Kierkegaard’ s thought meets questions of self.

Søren Kierkegaard on self

Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) approaches self 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 self most directly—useful for searches such as “søren kierkegaard quotes on self.”

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  1. Despair is the sickness unto death — the self's refusal to be itself.
    Q0075
    The Sickness unto Death
  2. Despair is not to will to be oneself — or else to will to be oneself.
    Q0119
    The Sickness unto Death
  3. The self is a relation that relates itself to itself.
    Q0260
    The Sickness unto Death
  4. Despair is a sickness of the spirit.
    Q0400
    The Sickness unto Death
  5. To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.