>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?
based and feetpilled 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.
Alexander Roberts
He produces amazing insights never seen before such as: "bro just believe in it, take the leap of faith bro! and fuck reason"
Hudson Young
2/10 Kirke was a neet all his life
David Ramirez
That's a common Yea Forums myth. I'm reading his biography right now and he worked at multiple jobs, though, for short times.
Easton Wright
Kierk will basically tell you to stop being a whiny cunt.
Brody Barnes
Not a myth. He lived out if his father's inheritance
Leo Hill
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.
Jeremiah Nguyen
Don't take Yea Forums meme seriously. Read Alastair Hannay's Kierkegaard. He worked multiple times.
Matthew Sullivan
>kierkegaard was just pretending to be a Christian >>>>>^^^
Christopher Morris
His whole philosophical enterprise is about trying to become one.
Jason Garcia
Thanks I'll check it out
Noah Reed
based and pewdiepilled
Cameron Fisher
Do not confuse destination with path.
Carter Lewis
Was Kierkegaard kind? There's no point claiming to care for "God" if you aren't being exceptionally kind towards your fellow humanity. Kindness is the most essential of essences this world needs at present. Personally, I'm on a search for the kindest artists of the canon.
Leo Sullivan
Read the OP and see how he treated male costumers. He was only interested in female feet. Not kind in my opinion. But anyway, Kierkegaard, as most humans, is a complex character, so he is kind in other aspects.
Jaxson Adams
Very much. He walked the streets of Copenhagen greeting and talking with maids and beggars
Henry Stewart
That sounds very sweet of him. You have to be kind to all. Social status is a fiction - all of us are undivided. Treat every man like they were the King, and every lady like she were the Queen.
Thomas Richardson
Wanting to become a Christian does not make one Christian. I'd even argue that, granted he succeeded in his project, he still didn't become a Christian as usually understood but rather invented something else that he then called Christianity. In a way he became more Christian that he wanted initially.
Ethan Martin
I've read his biography by Stephen Backhouse, Kierkegaard was a neet, he never had a real job.