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Kierkegaard, D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on - Letters and Documents

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This collection, according to the editor, H. Rosenmeier, contains every known piece of correspondence to or from Kierkegaard. Documents included are certificates of baptism and vaccination, as well as school and medical records. The letters themselves prove interesting, especially those to Regine Olsen, his once-betrothed. One item in particular is revelatory. It is a note written by Kierkegaard to be opened after his death. His brother Peter found it was found locked in Kierkegaard's desk. Dear Brother, It is, of course, my will that my former fiancée, Mrs. Regine Schlegel [née Olsen], inherit without condition whatever little I may leave. If she herself will not accept it, she is to be asked if she would be willing to administer it for distribution to the poor. What I wish to give expression to is that to me an engagement was and is just as binding as a marriage, and that therefore my estate is her due, exactly as if I had been married to her (p. 33). Kierkegaard ended the year-long

D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on Kierkegaard Other (Posthumous) Works Letters And Documents Letters and Documents Breve og Aktstykker KW25, SKS28, Breve og Aktstykker vedrørende Søren Kierkegaard Previous Work Next Work This collection, according to the editor, H. Rosenmeier, contains every known piece of correspondence to or from Kierkegaard. Documents included are certificates of baptism and vaccination, as well as school and medical records. The letters themselves prove interesting, especially those to Regine Olsen, his once-betrothed. One item in particular is revelatory. It

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