“ The self that he despairingly wants to be is a self that he is not (for to will to be the self that he is in truth is the very opposite of despair) , that is, he wants to tear his self away from the power that established it. ”
Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death (1849). copy citation
| Author | Søren Kierkegaard |
|---|---|
| Source | The Sickness Unto Death |
| Topic | truth despair |
| Date | 1849 |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong |
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