The Sickness Unto Death (Paperback)

from drbrand

What is decisive with regard to the self is consciousness, that is to say, self-consciousness. The more consciousness, the more will; the more will, the more self. Someone who has no will at all is no self. But the more will he has, the more self-consciousness he has too. Kierkegaard is certainl...

from dmsteyn

“To understand and understand; are these then two different things? Certainly.” Understanding Kierkegaard is not always straightforward. Not only must one know something about Kierkegaard's personal history, but one also needs to know some of the philosophical background, especially Kierkegaard'...

from booksontrial

What is Despair?"Just as a physician might say there isn't a single human being who enjoys perfect health, so someone with a proper knowledge of man might say there is not a single human being who does not despair at least a little, in whose innermost being there does not dwell an uneasiness, an ...

from TakeItOrLeaveIt

"To despair over one's own sin is the expression of sin's having become or being about to become internally consistent...it wants to listen only to itself, to have to do only with itself, be shut in with itself, yes, place itself inside one enclosure more and by despairing over sin protect itself...

from drbrand

What is decisive with regard to the self is consciousness, that is to say, self-consciousness. The more consciousness, the more will; the more will, the more self. Someone who has no will at all is no self. But the more will he has, the more self-consciousness he has too. Kierkegaard is certainl...