"I had a thorn in the flesh, intellectual endowments (especially imagination and dialectic), and education in abundance, an enormous development as an observer, a truly rare Christian upbringing, an altogether unique dialectical relation to Christianity. From childhood I was trained in obedience, absolute obedience, was equipped with an almost reckless faith in being capable of everything, except one thing – to become a free bird, even if it were for just one single whole day, or to slip out of the chains of depression in which another power held me – finally, I myself was a penitent. p. 83"
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The Point of View for My Work as an Author (1848)
The Point of View of My Work as an Author (subtitle: A Direct Communication, Report to History) is an autobiographical account of the 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard's use of his pseudonyms. The work was written in 1848, published in part in 1851 (as On my Work as an Author), and published in full posthumously in 1859.
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