Full Idea
I always reason from existence, not towards existence.
Gist of Idea
I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (Philosophical Fragments [1844], p.40)
Book Reference
Kierkegaard,Søren: 'Philosophical Fragments', ed/tr. Hong,Howard/Edna [Princeton 1983], p.40
A Reaction
Kierkegaard's important premise to help show that theistic proofs for God's existence don't actually prove existence, but develop the content of a conception. [SY]