takes a purely human courage renounce whole temporal realm order gain — S?�ren Kierkegaard, Fear Trembling

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It takes a purely human courage to renounce the whole temporal realm in order to gain eternity, but this I do gain and in all eternity can never renounce—it is a self-contradiction. But it takes a paradoxical and humble courage to grasp the whole temporal realm now by virtue of the absurd, and this is the courage of faith.

S?�ren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

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Related Topics: absurd, absurdity, courage, eternity, faith, kierkegaard, paradox, virtue

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