> [!cite]- Metadata > 2025-09-17 12:56 > Status: #primary #quote > Tags: `Read Time:` >Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and social critic, widely considered the "father of existentialism". His work emphasized individual freedom, personal commitment, and subjective truth over abstract philosophical systems like those of Hegel. He also criticized contemporary Danish Christianity and advocated for a more passionate, authentic, and lived faith. > [!Quote] > What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement > [!Quote] > People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. > [!Quote] > To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. > [!Quote] > Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. --- ### **References** https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6172.S_ren_Kierkegaard