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a painting with a quote on it that says if anyone on the venger of action should judge himself according to the

“If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.” — Søren Kierkegaard, “Fear and Trembling” // Art: “Amsterdam” by Johannes Franciscus Spohler

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a painting of a man writing on paper with a quote from the book,'if the one who is to art wants to judge himself by the result he will never begin

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) “If the one who is to act wants to judge himself by the result, he will never begin. Although the result may give joy to the entire world, it cannot help the hero, for he would not know the result until the whole thing was over, and he would not become a […]

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Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) [Evans, C. Stephen, Walsh, Sylvia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

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a quote from stephen kregeard about science and the demon, and the more one keeps silent

Søren Kierkegaard quote about understanding from Fear and Trembling: “Silence is the snare of the demon, and the more one keeps silent, the more terrifying the demon becomes; but silence is also the mutual understanding between the Deity and the individual.”

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a quote from stephen kregeard about people commonly travel around the world to see rivers and mountains, new stars, birds of rare

Søren Kierkegaard quote about sight from Fear and Trembling: “People commonly travel around the world to see rivers and mountains, new stars, birds of rare plumage, queerly deformed fishes, ridiculous breeds of men—they abandon themselves to the bestial stupor which gapes at existence, and they think they have seen something.”

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a quote from stephen kregeard about fear and trembling, with the caption's image above it

Søren Kierkegaard quote about understanding from Fear and Trembling: “Philosophy cannot and should not give faith, but it should understand itself and know what it has to offer and take nothing away, and least of all should fool people out of something as if it were nothing.”

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an image with the quote for it is not what happens to me that makes me great, but its what i do and there is surely no one who thinks that man

Søren Kierkegaard quote about greatness from Fear and Trembling: “For it is not what happens to me that makes me great, but it is what I do, and there is surely no one who thinks that a man became great because he won the great prize in the lottery.”

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an image with the quote'or what is existente for but to be laughing at men in their twenties have already attained the utmost? '

Søren Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling - Or what is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

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a painting on display in a museum with other paintings and framed objects around the room

Søren Kierkegaard - a posthumous portrait of him standing writing at his desk, described by his former fiancé Regine as best capturing what he was like. A Philosophy Bites interview about Kierkegaard's 'Fear and Trembling': http://philosophybites.com/2008/08/clare-carlisle.html A New Yorker article about his 200th birthday http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/05/soren-kierkegaard-turns-two-hundred.html

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a quote from stephen kregeard about the writer's life and career

Søren Kierkegaard quote about pleasure from Fear and Trembling: “He writes because for him it is a luxury which becomes the more agreeable and more evident, the fewer there are who buy and read what he writes.”

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a quote from stephen kregeard about fear and truth

Søren Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling - The true knight of faith is a witness, never a teacher, and therein lies his deep humanity, which is worth a good deal more than this silly participation in others' weal and woe which is honored by the name of sympathy, whereas in fact it is nothing but vanity.

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a quote from stephen kregeard about the life and times of his father

Søren Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling - He who has a conception of what it means to live upon spirit knows also what the hunger of doubt is, and that the doubter hungers just as much for the daily bread of life as for the nutriment of the spirit.

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a quote from stephen kregeard about the role of technology in modern life

Søren Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling - Theology sits rouged at the window and courts its favor, offering to sell her charms to philosophy.

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