1. KIerkegard
Despair, as the sickness unto death. ... Literally, the phrase " Despair is the sickness unto death " connotes an illness of which outcome would be death, as death is doubtless the last phase in a sickness and yet for Kierkegaard it would not appear to be the last thing" . ... Hence, despair becomes the sickness unto death. ... This would come into connection that life itself becomes a school God made for suffering, He grants a test to those whom he see worthy to be adjudged as a faithful follower and furnishes them with suffering and anxiety as his guide. In anyway, Kierkegaard views them bo...
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