Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: May 5, 1813 - November 11, 1855
Birthday: May 5
Death: November 11
Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.
source: "On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates". Book by Soren Kierkegaard, 1841.
topic: Childhood, Kind, Scene, Withstanding, Homesickness