The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply: Create silence! Bring men to silence. The Word of God cannot be heard in the market-place of life.
— Soren Kierkegaard Modern

Father of existentialism

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Various, c. 1850

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Controversial

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