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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Kierkegaard's Tomb
Kierkegaard, Journals (May 14, 1847, tr. Alexander Dru):
I wish that on my grave might be put "the individual."
Here is a photograph of Kierkegaard's tomb. It does not say "the individual," at least on the part visible in the photograph.