People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish… — Soren Kierkegaard
People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence, and they think they have seen something.
In the original Danish
Man reiser i Almindelighed Verden rundt for at see Floder og Bjerge, nye Stjemer, spragled Fugle, vanskabte Fiske, latterlige Menneskeracer, man hengiver sig til den dryriske Stupor, der gloer paa Tilvaerelsen, og man mener at have seet Noget.
1843
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Current citation
Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and Trembling, translated by Alastair Hannay. Penguin Classics, 1986.
Original citation
Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Johannes de silentio]. Frygt og Bæven [Fear and Trembling]. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1843.
