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Single Idea 7584
[filed under theme 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
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Full Idea
Without risk there is no faith.
Gist of Idea
Without risk there is no faith
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (Concluding Unscientific Postscript [1846], 'Inwardness')
Book Ref
Kierkegaard,Søren: 'A Kierkegaard Anthology', ed/tr. Bretall,Robert [Princeton 1946], p.215
A Reaction
Remarks like this make you realise that Kierkegaard is just as much of a romantic as most of the other nineteenth century philosophers. Plunge into the dark unknown of the human psyche, in order to intensify and heighten human life.
The
15 ideas
from 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript'
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22092
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Kierkegaard's truth draws on authenticity, fidelity and honesty
[Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
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20313
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The highest truth we can get is uncertainty held fast by an inward passion
[Kierkegaard]
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20314
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People want to lose themselves in movements and history, instead of being individuals
[Kierkegaard]
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20312
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God cannot be demonstrated objectively, because God is a subject, only existing inwardly
[Kierkegaard]
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7578
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I conceived it my task to create difficulties everywhere
[Kierkegaard]
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7584
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Without risk there is no faith
[Kierkegaard]
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7580
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Pantheism destroys the distinction between good and evil
[Kierkegaard]
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7579
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While big metaphysics is complete without ethics, personal philosophy emphasises ethics
[Kierkegaard]
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7581
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Speculative philosophy loses the individual in a vast vision of humanity
[Kierkegaard]
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15999
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Pure truth is for infinite beings only; I prefer endless striving for truth
[Kierkegaard]
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20742
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The real subject is ethical, not cognitive
[Kierkegaard]
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22047
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Wherever there is painless contradiction there is also comedy
[Kierkegaard]
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7583
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Faith is the highest passion in the sphere of human subjectivity
[Kierkegaard]
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7582
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Becoming what one is is a huge difficulty, because we strongly aspire to be something else
[Kierkegaard]
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7586
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God does not think or exist; God creates, and is eternal
[Kierkegaard]
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