Anyone who chooses himself ethically has himself as a task, not as a possibility, not as a plaything for his caprice to sport with.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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