Who said life must be lived forward

When musing about life and the way we tend to think about it, Kierkegaard reminds us of what we already know. We can only really understand our lives by looking back on things we've already done. But we can't spend all our time living in the past, so we need to take what we've learned from our experiences and use it to make new decisions in the future.

That's about as straightforward a claim as you'll ever get from ol' Kierky. For the past couple of decades, this quote from Kierkegaard has become a favorite for motivational posters that people might hang next to their desks to keep themselves on task. The funny thing about all this is that Kierkegaard is one of the major figures of existentialism and nihilism, which are considered two of the most depressing trends ever in philosophical history. Bruno books view quotes.

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Oct 02, PM. Mussa books view quotes. Barfod, C. Reitzels Forlag,, , P. Another source of the quote in Danish is found here. But then one forgets the other principle, that it must be lived forward. Which principle, the more one thinks it through, ends exactly with temporal life never being able to be properly understood, precisely because I can at no instant find complete rest to adopt the position: backward. Retrospection means to look back or review his or her life past events, experiences or situations.