When one proceeds from a definite position and quite calmly pursues it with truth and energy, it must always be an illusion when all the rest seems to be in contradiction with it; and when someone believes he effectively demonstrates the disharmony, he demonstrates the harmony.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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