Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause—that it must be lived forward.


Journals IV A 164 (1843). Variant translation: It is perfectly true, as the...

Søren Kierkegaard Quotes

Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause—that it must be lived forward.

Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause—that it must be lived forward.

Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause—that it must be lived forward.

Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause—that it must be lived forward.