Could there really be one single woman simple-minded and vain and pitiable enough to believe that within the category of man she could be more perfect than man, not to perceive that her loss would be irreparable?
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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Author Søren Kierkegaard
Source Either/Or
Topic loss women
Date 1843
Language English
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Note Translated by Alastair Hannay
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