What is a poet? An unhappy being who conceals profound agonies in his heart but whose lips are so formed that when the sighs and cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music.
— Soren Kierkegaard Modern

Father of existentialism

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Either/Or, Part I

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1843

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Shocking

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