Caught by Truth: Kierkegaard on How Experience Leads to Simplicity

We understand only what we have become.

“If a person does not become what he understands, then he does not understand it either.” Søren Kierkegaard

What does he mean? It is impossible to understand what we have not become. Understanding follows experience — becoming. Understanding what rain is arises from experiencing rain. Understanding the other person arises from experiencing them. Understa…