[…] as we might sometimes with a certain relief think about, how Caesar had the entire Alexandrian Library burned down, in the same way we could with the very best intentions wish for humanity that all this overabundance of knowledge were taken away, so that we might once again get to know, what it is to live as a human being.

Johannes Climacus,
Concluding Unscientific Postscript

[…] kan man stundom med en vis Lettelse tænke paa, at Cæsar lod hele det alexandrinske Bibliotek brænde, saa kunde man virkelig velmenende ønske Menneskeheden at hiin Overflod af Viden atter toges bort, at man atter kunde faae at vide, hvad det er at leve som Menneske.

Johannes Climacus,
Afsluttende uvidenskabelig Efterskrift

ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BOOK RESPIRATIO – KIERKEGAARD ON THE ART OF LIVING