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Sickness Unto Death
Last discussed Sep 16, 2026
A philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard examining the nature of despair and the self, arguing that the deepest form of despair is not recognizing one's own despair.
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"In his book Sickness Unto Death, Kierkegaard points out that this sort of despair — this kind of despair of optionality, of freedom, of indulgence — it is the most dangerous kind of despair because it largely goes unnoticed by the aesthete."
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