The real 'sickness unto death', is not usual story of the individual who is caught between the acknowledgement that death is the end, that there is nothing Beyond this material reality, and his needing to believe that our own demise isn't the last thing -- i.e. that there is another life beyond death, with its promise of redemption and a blissful eternity. The 'sickness unto death', rather, is the condition of someone who knows well enough that our material demise isn't the end, i.e. that we have immortal souls, but cannot face the maddening demands of this fact (the necesseity of abandoning fleeting aesthetic pleasure and tirelessly work for our salvation), and as a result desperately wants to belive that death IS the end -- that there is no divine unconditional demand exerting pressure on us.
In short: Are you sure you're not the mentally ill won
Originally Posted by the splendor of antigone
The real 'sickness unto death', is not usual story of the individual who is caught between the acknowledgement that death is the end, that there is nothing Beyond this material reality, and his needing to believe that our own demise isn't the last thing -- i.e. that there is another life beyond death, with its promise of redemption and a blissful eternity. The 'sickness unto death', rather, is the condition of someone who knows well enough that our material demise isn't the end, i.e. that we have immortal souls, but cannot face the maddening demands of this fact (the necesseity of abandoning fleeting aesthetic pleasure and tirelessly work for our salvation), and as a result desperately wants to belive that death IS the end -- that there is no divine unconditional demand exerting pressure on us.
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