Lecture 22 Flashcards
What’s the difference in approach regarding despair from either or to sickness unto death
despair is no longer salvation, it must be cured
what are the 2 forms of authentic despair
1) self establishes itself
2) self established by something else
what does self mean
identity; personhood
who thinks that they have established their own identity (self establishes itself)
sartre; existence precedes essence
who believes that the self is established by a power beyond him (self established by something else)
Kierkegaard
what is implied by a self established by a power beyond me
there is a way that i should be
what is implied by there being a way that i should be
that this might not necessarily be the way I am, creating a discrepancy (I am not my true self)
why can’t there be a true self if you establish yourself
no objective standard, whatever you are is who you are
what is despair regarding self established by itself
despair over the fact that I am (I exist)
what is despair regarding self established by something else
despair that I am not true self
what is the doctrine of the non self
buddhism
which people say that there is no way that I ought to be
buddhism
hume
neitschze
Sartre
what is despair under god
despair over who I should be
do people not have despair
everyone has despair, no one is perfect. Similar to that no one has perfect health, no one is perfectly removed of despair
what is despair defined as by Kierkegaard
out of whack, out of tune with who you should be (religious despair)
