All essential knowledge relates to existence, or only such knowledge as has an essential relationship to existence is essential knowledge.
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The ever increasing intensity of despair depends upon the degree of consciousness or is proportionate to this increase the greater the degree of consciousness, the more intensive the despair. This is everywhere apparent, most clearly in despair at its maximum and minimum. The devil's despair is the most intensive despair, for the devil is sheer spirit and hence unqualified consciousness and transparency there is no obscurity in the devil that could serve as a mitigating excuse. Therefore, his despair is the most absolute defiance....Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
An individual in despair despairs over something.... In despairing over something, he really despairs over himself, and now he wants to get rid of himself. Consequently, to despair over something is still not despair proper.... To despair over oneself, in despair to will to be rid of oneselfthis is the formula for all despair.
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Genius never desires what does not exist.
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Man is spirit. But what is spirit Spirit is the self. But what is the self The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self or it is that (which accounts for it) that the relation relates itself to its own self the self is not the relation but (consists in the fact) that the relation relates itself to its own self.
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The essentially Christian is certainly the highest and the supremely highest, but, mark well, in such a way that to the natural man it is an offense. Anyone who, in defining the essentially Christian as the highest, omits the middle term of offense sins against it, is guilty of presumptuousness.... The way to the essentially Christian goes through offense. This does not mean that the approach to the essentially Christian should be to be offended by itthis would indeed be another way of preventing oneself from grasping the essentially Christianbut the offense guards the approach to the essentially Christian. Blessed is he who is not offended at it.
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When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world no matter how imperfect becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love.
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