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Kierkegaard's Quote Analysis
Kierkegaard’s quote resembles another quote “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” The reason this quote comes to mind is due to the first half of the quote saying “Life can only be understood backwards..”. The first part of Kierkegaard’s quote states that to understand life, you must understand what happened in the past and why. The second part claims that while we must have knowledge of the past, we can not remain fastened by it. We must always move forward and use the knowledge of the past to make better decisions for the future, rather than remaining transfixed on it. Kierkegaard is correct in his statement. In order for society to progress in anyway, people must learn history to successfully further progress with
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