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A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Søren Kierkegaard's radical and comprehensive analysis of human nature in a spectrum of possibilities of existence. Present here is a remarkable combination of the insight of the poet and the contemplation of the philosopher. In The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard moves beyond anxiety on the mental-emotional level to the spiritual level, where--in contact with the eternal--anxiety becomes despair. Both anxiety and despair reflect the misrelation that arises in the self when the elements of the synthesis--the infinite and the finite--do not come into proper relation to each other. Despair is a deeper expression for anxiety and is a mark of the eternal, which is intended to penetrate temporal existence.
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The Sickness Unto Death, Søren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Howard Vincent Hong, Edna H. Edna Hatlestad Hong
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- Released
- 1980
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- Title
- The Sickness Unto Death
- Subtitle
- A Christian psychological exposition for upbuilding and awakening
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 1980
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 201
- ISBN10
- 0691020280
- ISBN13
- 9780691020280
- Series
- Collection
- Kierkegaard's writings
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Religious Topics, Religion, Christian Themes, Christianity, Theology, Death, Faith, 19th century, Diseases, Ethics, Despair, Anxiety Disorders
- First published
- 1849
- Original title
- Sygdommen til døden
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Søren Kierkegaard's radical and comprehensive analysis of human nature in a spectrum of possibilities of existence. Present here is a remarkable combination of the insight of the poet and the contemplation of the philosopher. In The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard moves beyond anxiety on the mental-emotional level to the spiritual level, where--in contact with the eternal--anxiety becomes despair. Both anxiety and despair reflect the misrelation that arises in the self when the elements of the synthesis--the infinite and the finite--do not come into proper relation to each other. Despair is a deeper expression for anxiety and is a mark of the eternal, which is intended to penetrate temporal existence.