It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.


Journals IV A 164 (1843) - The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard. Variant translation: Philosophy is perfectly right ...


It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived...

It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived...

It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived...

It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived...