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Cadzao Posted 18 years ago
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There is not a second when...
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00 "With infinite resignation he has drained the cup of life's profound sadness, he knows the bliss of the infinite, he senses the pain of renouncing everything, the dearest things he possesses in the world, and yet finiteness tastes to him just as good as to one who never knew anything higher, for his continuance in the finite did not bear a trace of the cowed and fearful spirit produced by the process of training; and yet he has this sense of security in enjoying it, as though the finite life were the surest thing of all. And yet, and yet the whole earthly form he exhibits is a new creation by virtue of the absurd. He resigned everything infinitely, and then he grasped everything again by virtue of the absurd. He constantly makes the movements of infinity, but he does this with such correctness and assurance that he constantly gets the finite out of it, and 01 font 01 b 00 there is not a second when one has a notion of anything else 02 b 00 . 01 b 00 It is supposed to be the most difficult task for a dancer to leap into a definite posture in such a way that there is not a second when he is grasping after the posture, but by the leap itself he stands fixed in that posture. 02 b 02 font 00 Perhaps no dancer can do it–that is what this knight does." ( 01 i 00 Fear and Trembling, 02 i 00 Soren Kierkegard, 01 i 00 02 i 00 translated by Walter Lowrie 01 i 00 , 02 i 00 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 00 ) 02 br
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00 Could you please rephrase the red sentences so that I can understand what the author means? 02 br
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00 Thank you so much in advance. 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0230href http://www.whitenationalism.com/etext/fear.htm
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00 "With infinite resignation he has drained the cup of life's profound sadness, he knows the bliss of the infinite, he senses the pain of renouncing everything, the dearest things he possesses in the world, and yet finiteness tastes to him just as good as to one who never knew anything higher, for his continuance in the finite did not bear a trace of the cowed and fearful spirit produced by the process of training; and yet he has this sense of security in enjoying it, as though the finite life were the surest thing of all. And yet, and yet the whole earthly form he exhibits is a new creation by virtue of the absurd. He resigned everything infinitely, and then he grasped everything again by virtue of the absurd. He constantly makes the movements of infinity, but he does this with such correctness and assurance that he constantly gets the finite out of it, and 01 font 01 b 00 there is not a second when one has a notion of anything else 02 b 00 . 01 b 00 It is supposed to be the most difficult task for a dancer to leap into a definite posture in such a way that there is not a second when he is grasping after the posture, but by the leap itself he stands fixed in that posture. 02 b 02 font 00 Perhaps no dancer can do it–that is what this knight does." ( 01 i 00 Fear and Trembling, 02 i 00 Soren Kierkegard, 01 i 00 02 i 00 translated by Walter Lowrie 01 i 00 , 02 i 00 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 00 ) 02 br
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00 Could you please rephrase the red sentences so that I can understand what the author means? 02 br
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00 Thank you so much in advance. 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0230href http://www.whitenationalism.com/etext/fear.htm
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12 blockquote 10 One never thinks of anything else. 02 br 00 This is somewhat reminiscent of the story about the millipede. 02 br 00 Some actions are done though the effort of thinking about them and trying them and practicing them.
- 12 blockquote 10 One never thinks of anything else.
- 02 br 00 This is somewhat reminiscent of the story about the millipede.
- 02 br 00 Some actions are done though the effort of thinking about them and trying them and practicing them.
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01 cite 10 Cadzao 12 cite 11 b 10 there is not a second when one has a notion of anything else 12 b 10 . 12 blockquote10 One never thinks of anything else. No other thoughts ever come to one's mind -- not even for a second. 02 br
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0 He constantly makes the movements of infinity, but he does this with such correctness and assurance that he constantly gets the finite out of it, and 01 font 01 b 00 there 01 font 00 is not one second that can go by 02 font 00 when you can think of anything else. 02 b 00 It is supposed to be the most difficult task
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1 b 00 naturally 02 b 00 jumping into a posture/stance/pose is very difficult 0-
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0 Hi Cadzao, If you read 01 i 00 Fear and Trembling 02 i 00 (in any language) my hat's off to you. - A. 02 br
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01 i 00 Kierkegaard left the task of discovering the meaning of the works to the reader, because "the task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted". 01 sup 05 0 02 sup 00 02 i 0240
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01 i 00 Kierkegaard left the task of discovering the meaning of the works to the reader, because "the task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted". 01 sup 05 0 02 sup 00 02 i 0240
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0 Thank all of you for helping me. I greatly appreciate your kindness. 02 br
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