In this read what really intrigued me was the depth of Kierkegaard’s remarks of worldly despair. He states that the “same instant the despair manifests itself, or despair manifests itself in its true character,” meaning we really create despair in ourselves. As soon as a significant other has left us we begin to evaluate not of why they left but what we did wrong and long for to be theirs again to fix what has been broken. “ To despair over oneself, in despair to will to be rid of oneself, is the formula for all despair,” and destroys us from within. We create despair in who we are because of the longing to be someone else with a better life, better car, better financials. What a awful life that would be to hate who you are just because you are not content to what has been given to you.
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I also found it interesting that he states we create our own despair. And going even further than that that we can have despair in us without even realizing it.
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ReplyDeleteI found that really interesting, that we can not even know when we have despair in our lives. It just silently creeps up on us when we are not paying attention.
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