“Let us suppose that a man believes in eternal life on Christ’s word. In that case he believes without any fuss about being profound and searching and philosophical and racking his brains.”

—  Sören Kierkegaard

Source: 1840s, Two Ethical-Religious Minor Essays (1849), P. 103

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Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813–1855

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