Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. — Soren Kierkegaard

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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Soren Kierkegaard

The Concept of Anxiety · 1844

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Anxiety Freedom

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Philosophical literature

Time

1844

Person

Soren Kierkegaard

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Current citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Concept of Anxiety, translated by Jeanette B L Knox. Mercer University Press, 2008.

Original citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Begrebet Angest [The Concept of Anxiety]. C. A. Reitzel, 1844.

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