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Cadzao Posted 18 years ago
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twisted in my childhood
0 In Fear and Trembling (translated by 00 Walter Lowrie) 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 00 , Kierkegaard wrote: 02 br
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00 "Generally people are of the opinion that what faith produces is not a work of 00 art, that 00 it is coarse and common work, only for the more clumsy natures; but in fact this is far from the truth. The dialectic of faith is the finest and most remarkable of all; it possesses an elevation, of which indeed I can form a conception, but nothing more. I am able to make from the springboard the great leap whereby I pass into infinity, my back is like that of a tight-rope dancer, 01 b 00 having been twisted in my childhood, hence I find this easy; with a one-two-three! 02 b 00 01 b 00 I can walk about existence on my head 02 b 00 ; but the next thing I cannot do, for I cannot perform the miraculous, but can only be astonished by it." 02 br
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00 I cannot get what the author means by "having been twisted... one-two-three" and "I can walk about existence on my head." Please help!!! 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0230href http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/FEAR%20AND%20TREMBLING.htm
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00 "Generally people are of the opinion that what faith produces is not a work of 00 art, that 00 it is coarse and common work, only for the more clumsy natures; but in fact this is far from the truth. The dialectic of faith is the finest and most remarkable of all; it possesses an elevation, of which indeed I can form a conception, but nothing more. I am able to make from the springboard the great leap whereby I pass into infinity, my back is like that of a tight-rope dancer, 01 b 00 having been twisted in my childhood, hence I find this easy; with a one-two-three! 02 b 00 01 b 00 I can walk about existence on my head 02 b 00 ; but the next thing I cannot do, for I cannot perform the miraculous, but can only be astonished by it." 02 br
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00 I cannot get what the author means by "having been twisted... one-two-three" and "I can walk about existence on my head." Please help!!! 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0230href http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/FEAR%20AND%20TREMBLING.htm
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00 I presume that this refers to early training of children who are to become acrobats-- they were forced into contortions at an early age in order to build a limber body and e.g. walk about easily ('1-2-3') on their hands ('head'-- the image is exaggerated). 02 br
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00 Here of course, the author is using acrobat training as a metaphor for religious trainin
00 I presume that this refers to early training of children who are to become acrobats-- they were forced into contortions at an early age in order to build a limber body and e.g. walk about easily ('1-2-3') on their hands ('head'-- the image is exaggerated). 02 br
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00 Here of course, the author is using acrobat training as a metaphor for religious trainin
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