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Chapter 1, The Journals

• Chapter 1, The Journals includes passages from Kierkegaard's journals, some which predate his conversion to Christianity.
• On July 29, 1835, Kierkegaard found himself in Gilbjerg where he felt contentment and turned away from the busy world.

• Kierkegaard is aware of Christ's words about the sparrow.

• Kierkegaard converts and feels that the gifts God gives must be a punishment and may disappear.

• Kierkegaard feels despair.
• Kierkegaard loves Regina Olsen, but they break their engagement. She is madly in love, and he feels he cannot share part of himself with her.

Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life

• In Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life, Kierkegaard leaves for Berlin after breaking up with Regina and loses himself in philosophy, attending lectures opposing Hegel.

• Kierkegaard works on a book that he publishes under the pseudonym Victor Eremita.

• The title of the book depicts the decisive choices made in life.

• Kierkegaard...

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