Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Søren Kierkegaard (Denmark, 1813–1855 CE) – Existentialism
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📚🇩🇰 Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855): the philosopher of choice, anxiety, and becoming
Kierkegaard argued that the highest human task isn't just knowing the good—it's embodying it: becoming a self through commitment, responsibility, and inwardness. His framing of "existence" as the lived work of becoming helped spark what we now call existentialism. 🧭✨
In health care, his lens feels especially modern: moral distress, burnout, and "decision-fatigue" often intensify when we drift into autopilot—or when we outsource conscience to the "crowd." Kierkegaard's counter is tough-love and oddly hopeful: choose deliberately, live authentically, and let anxiety be a signal of freedom—not a verdict