Kierkegaard Subjectivity Quotes & Sayings

What is reasoning? It is the result of doing away with the vital distinction which separates subjectivity and objectivity. As a form of abstract thought reasoning is not profoundly dialectical enough; as an opinion and a conviction it lacks full-blooded individuality. But where mere scope is concerned, reasoning has all the apparent advantage; for a thinker can encompass his science, a man can have an opinion upon a particular subject and a conviction as a result of a certain view of life, but one can reason about anything. — Soren Kierkegaard

Irony is a qualification of subjectivity. — Soren Kierkegaard

Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ... at its height. — Soren Kierkegaard

Shows itself in the notion that what may be objectively true may in the mouth of certain people become false. — Soren Kierkegaard

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him. — Soren Kierkegaard