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The writings of Søren Kierkegaard had little influence in his lifetime, yet today, he is internationally accepted as one of the world’s greatest philosophical thinkers. Widely considered the first existentialist philosopher, Kierkegaard focused on the personal choices of human reality. Here, Peter Vardy makes Kierkegaard’s often complex and difficult thinking accessible to a wide audience. He...

have believed, i.e. have said that they believed, … then he is a fool. (PF 129) Whether or not the individual will respond to the Christian claim is a matter that he or she must decide, but the individual, Kierkegaard maintained, should respond on his or her own account and not because of the influence of a third party or a social group. A person today may be brought up in a Christian culture or may hear the Christian message, but this in itself will not be enough to engender faith—faith is something
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