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1、bySörenKierkegaard[PrincetonUniversityPress,Princeton,NewJersey,1941]PrefaceDespairisthesickness,notthecure.InChristianterminologydeathistheexpressionforthegreatestspiritualsickness,andthecureissimplytodie,to"diefrom"despair.IntroductionOnlytheChristianknowswhatismeantbythesi
2、cknessuntodeath.AsaChristianheacquiresacouragewhichthenaturalmandoesnotknow.Thiscourageheacquiresbylearningtofearthestillmoredreadful.Part1:TheSicknessUntoDeathisDespairChapter1:ThatDespairistheSicknessUntoDeathThethreeformsofdespair:notbeingconsciousofhavingaself,notwillingt
3、obeoneself,butalsodespairatwillingtobeoneself.Despairis"sicknessuntodeath."Chapter2:TheUniversalityofThisSickness(Despair)Aman’slifeiswastedwhenheliveson,sodeceivedbythejoysoflifeorbyitssorrows,thatheneverbecomesdecisivelyconsciousofhimselfasspirit,asself,thatis,heneverisawar
4、einthedeepestsensethatthereisaGod.Chapter3TheFormsofThisSickness,i.e.ofDespairIneveryinstantaselfexistsandisintheprocessofbecoming.Theselfdoesnotactually"exist,"butisonlythatwhichitistobecome.Inso2farastheselfdoesnotbecomeitself,itisnotitsownself,andnottobeone’sownselfisdespa
5、ir.Part2:DespairisSinChapter1:DespairisSinSinmeanstobeindespairatnotwillingtobeoneself,ortobeindespairatwillingtobeoneself.Thelivesofmostmen,beingdeterminedbyadialecticofindifference,aresoremotefromthegood(thatis,faith)thattheyarealmosttoospiritlesstobecalledsinners,almosttoo
6、spiritlesstobecalleddespairers.Chapter2:ContinuationofSinAdefinitionoffaith:"Byrelatingitselftoitsownselfandbywillingtobeitself,theselfisgroundedtransparentlyinthePowerwhichconstitutedit."Thismeanswemustnotdespairoverdespairingaboutoursins,normustweabandonfaithandinsteadsubst
7、ituteindifference.3PrefaceTomanytheformofthis"exposition"willperhapsseemstrange;itwillseemtothemtoostricttobeedifying,andtooedifyingtobestrictlyscientific.AstothislatterpointIhavenoopinion.Astothefirst,however,thisdoesnotexpressmyopinionofthematter;andifitweretruethattheformi
8、stoostricttobeedifying,that,accordingtomyconception,wouldbeafault.It
