Soren Kierkegaard:

The aesthetic is that which is immediately perceived, the ethical is that which is chosen, and the religious is that which is believed.

— Soren Kierkegaard Modern

Father of existentialism

Context

Either/Or, Part II

Date / Period

1843

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10549/10549-h/10549-h.htm

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