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Souren Ki-er-key-guard

Is Kierkegaard the only good existentialist?

What the fuck? He spends the whole book saying that you need to become a “self” but he never actually explains how to become a “self”. Just get closer to God?

I have read his big 3 (either, fear, sickness) Now what?

The king of scandi-/lit/?

The only philosopher worth reading that will have an impact on your life.

Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.

How does one become a self?

What is his best theological work?

Favourite works of this angsty Dane?