"Irony As A Controlled Element, The Truth Of Irony" by Søren Kierkegaard

This is the concluding section to Kierkegaard's master's thesis, On The Concept Of Irony, With Continual Reference To Socrates.
Best takeaway quote:
"Particularly in our age, irony must be commended. In our age, scientific scholarship has come into possession of such prodigious achievements that there must be something wrong somewhere; knowledge not only about the secrets of the human race but even about the secrets of God is offered for sale at such a bargain price today that it all looks very dubious. In our joy over the achievement in our age, we have forgotten that an achievement is worthless if it is not made one's own. But woe to him who cannot bear to have irony seek to balance the accounts. Irony as the negative is the way; it is not the truth but the way."