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title: "3 Faith Paradox Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Then faith's paradox is this: that the single individual is higher than the universal, that the single individual determines his relation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/then-faith-s-paradox-is-this-that-the-single-individual-is-higher/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [“It is now my intention to draw out from the story of Abraham the dialectical consequences inherent in it, expressing them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kierkegaard-s-ren/it-is-now-my-intention-to-draw-out-from-the-story-of-abraham-the/)

[Kierkegaard, Søren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kierkegaard-s-ren/)

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> [“Faith is namely this paradox that the single individual is higher than the universal”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ren-kierkegaard/faith-is-namely-this-paradox-that-the-single-individual-is-higher/)

[Søren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ren-kierkegaard/)

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