The greatest danger, that of losing one's own self, may pass off as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc., is sure to be noticed.
— Soren Kierkegaard Modern

Father of existentialism

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The Sickness Unto Death

Date / Period

1849

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Controversial

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32811/32811-h/32811-h.htm

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