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Truth from irony

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Irony limits, finitizes, and circumscribes and thereby yields truth, actuality, content; it disciplines and punishes and thereby yields balance and consistency.

On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)

Was born on: 05.05.1813
About Author: Danish philosopher, theologian, religious author, and psychologist
Photo Source: Royal Library of Denmark

Barb of sorrow

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic — if it is pulled out I shall die.

The Journals of Soren Kierkegaard (1847)

Thanking God

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers (1841)

Awaken the sleepers

Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake?

Works of Love (1847)

Tyrant and martyr

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

The Journals of Soren Kierkegaard (1848)

Saints out of sinners

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but He does what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.

Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers (1838)

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