“ With respect to despair, however, to be is like a descent when compared with being able to be; the descent is as infinitely low as the excellence of possibility is high. Consequently, in relation to despair, not to be in despair is the ascending scale. ”
Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death (1849). copy citation
Author | Søren Kierkegaard |
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Source | The Sickness Unto Death |
Topic | despair respect |
Date | 1849 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong |
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