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Crown Thy Good

2020-01-01 · 832 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Crown Thy Good — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "To be able to fall down in such a way that in the same second it looks as if one were standing and walking, to transfor
Crown Thy Good — pen and ink drawing

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"To be able to fall down in such a way that in the same second it looks as if one were standing and walking, to transform the leap of life into a walk, absolutely to express the sublime in the pedestrian – that only the knight of faith can do – this is the one and only prodigy."– Sören Kierkegaard, in Fear and Trembling (1843), published using the pseudonym "Johannes de Silentio"

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