Card VI-18: SØREN KIERKEGAARD – Of all ridiculous things, the most ridiculous seems to me to be busy in the world – to be a man who is quick to his meals and quick to his work.

Series VI · Card 18 of 21 · THE COUNTING HOUSE

Of all ridiculous things, the most ridiculous seems to me to be busy in the world – to be a man who is quick to his meals and quick to his work.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD · EITHER/OR · 1843

Original (da)

Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt i Verden, at være en Mand, der er rask til sin Mad og rask til sin Gjerning.

Translation: Benedikt Stafflinger

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Source

“Either/Or” (Enten – Eller), part 1 (1843), “Diapsalmata”

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About the author

Danish philosopher and theologian (1813–1855). Regarded as the father of existentialism; wrote under many pseudonyms about anxiety, choice and the life of the individual.

The question on the back

How hard is it for you to sit tight?