Kierkegaard was facing financial struggles again, and accepted a job as a clerk in a shoe store, back in Copenhagen...

>Kierkegaard was facing financial struggles again, and accepted a job as a clerk in a shoe store, back in Copenhagen. He would remarkably ignore male customers, no matter how much they'd beg for his attention or scream at his ears. In regards to female costumers though, Kierkegaard would give his full attention, and escort them through every pair of shoes available, sometimes for hours, only for them to make no choice at all. And when they finally chose something, Kierkegaard would say "shall we do the honors" and offer himself to remove the ladie's old shoe. With the shoes in his hands, he'd stop and look at it for a while, proceeding to bury his face in it, taking a long loud deep inhale, that would bring all the store's attention towards himself. When costumers, looking rather confused, would ask what was he doing, he'd respond "No, no, that's nothing, i'm just assessing the quality of the material", proceeding to inhale again.
- Kierkegaard, Biography and Selected Works

Kierkegaard, Dante, Virgil... What are some other pre 20th century writers who were sexual deviants?

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2/10

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On a more serious note: what does the writing of Kierkegaard have to offer to non-Christians? I often worry I won't get much out of reading him considering my lack of familiarity with Christian texts.

He produces amazing insights never seen before such as: "bro just believe in it, take the leap of faith bro! and fuck reason"

2/10 Kirke was a neet all his life

That's a common Yea Forums myth. I'm reading his biography right now and he worked at multiple jobs, though, for short times.

Kierk will basically tell you to stop being a whiny cunt.

Not a myth. He lived out if his father's inheritance

I'd argue Kierkegaard's writings are most useful to non-Christians, since what he presents is essentially a philosophical and psychological analysis of faith from the point of view of an unbeliever: it's very clear he did not believe himself if you take care to understand what he wrote and don't get entangled in multiple layers of ironic writing pretending to be sincere and sincere writing pretending to be ironic. It's self-contained, too, so you don't really need to be familiar with texts. Kierkegaard is also probably the best of existentialists if you're looking for philosophical insight.

Don't take Yea Forums meme seriously. Read Alastair Hannay's Kierkegaard. He worked multiple times.