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Kierkegaard Research Paper

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The thoughts of passion and decision are very important points for Kierkegaard and his Philosophy that comes to be known as existentialism. Kierkegaard is generally recognized today as the father of existentialism. He thought of his self as a religious author. “To think is one thing, to exist is another”. Said Kierkegaard (palmer page 258). Our lived existence is associated to passion, decision, and action. None of which can be exhausted by any thought. He believes that an existence can only be interpenetrated with thought. In one of the cartoon pictures it says “when all the roles have been stripped away, what’s left is my existence” (palmer page 258). This illustration really shows the meaning and gives a better understanding of how he
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