Who is Soren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( SORR-ən KEER-kə-gard, US also -⁠gor, Danish: [ˈsœːɐ̯n̩ ˈɔˀˌpy ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒˀ] (listen); 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. He was against literary critics who defined idealist intellectuals and phi...
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Yuto200062: 17. “life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– soren kierkegaard
Takahumi0303751: 17. “life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– soren kierkegaard
Syounann0623: 17. “life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– soren kierkegaard
Yandenyayi66: 17. “life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– soren kierkegaard
Softkodai0073: 17. “life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– soren kierkegaard
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roberta gabor: I heard a poem of his read by R.C Sproul.

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Night-Scene In Genoa
 by Felicia Dorothea Hemans

In Genoa, when the sunset gave
Its last warm purple to the wave,
No sound of war, no voice of fear,
Was heard, announcing danger near:
Though deadliest foes were there, whose hate
But slumber'd till its hour of fate,
Yet calmly, at the twilight's close,
Sunk the wide city to repose.
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