“ DESPAIR IS A SICKNESS OF THE SPIRIT, OF THE SELF, AND ACCORDINGLY CAN TAKE THREE FORMS: IN DESPAIR NOT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF HAVING A SELF (NOT DESPAIR IN THE STRICT SENSE) ; IN DESPAIR NOT TO WILL TO BE ONESELF; IN DESPAIR TO WILL TO BE ONESELF A human being is spirit. But what is spirit? ”
Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death (1849). copy citation
| Author | Søren Kierkegaard |
|---|---|
| Source | The Sickness Unto Death |
| Topic | sickness despair |
| Date | 1849 |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong |
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