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Full Idea
Whoever learns to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.
Gist of Idea
Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety) [1844], p.187), quoted by Alastair Hannay - Kierkegaard 06
Book Ref
Hannay,Alastair: 'Søren Kierkegaard: critical lives' [Reaktion Books 2018], p.103
A Reaction
This shows us that Kierkegaard had a rather bizarre mental life which the rest of us have little chance of penetrating. I'll have a go at cataloguing my types of anxiety, but I'm not hopeful.
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