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I stick my finger in existence

” I stick my finger in existence — it smells of nothing.

Where am I?

Who am I?

How came I here?

What is this thing called the world?

What does this world mean?

Who is it that has lured me into the world?

Why was I not consulted, why not made acquainted with its manners and customs instead of throwing me into the ranks, as if I had been bought by a kidnapper, a dealer in souls?

How did I obtain an interest in this big enterprise they call reality?

Why should I have an interest in it? Is it not a voluntary concern?

And if I am to be compelled to take part in it, where is the director?

I should like to make a remark to him.

Is there no director?

Whither shall I turn with my complaint? “


Søren Kierkegaard, Repetition (1843)