True and as agreement with an external authority. But God had chosen the simple of the earth to confound the wise, had most unreasonably made himself known in the Incarnation to shatter the pretensions of the philosophers. While the philosophy of Athens and the theology of Jerusalem were speculating about Him, He chose to be born in Bethlehem, to the utter consternation of both speculative philosophy and theology ever since. With these and similar thoughts Kierkegaard made known his passionate opposition