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Nothing is as heady as the wine of possibility

Soren Kierkegaard

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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
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Philosopher
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Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
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