... this definition is loaded with concepts and the relationships between them. We will now attempt to break down this definition and understand what Kierkegaard means by the self. Four distinctions are made: infinite and finite, temporal and eternal, freedom and necessity, and finally body and soul. Considering that our focus ... into great depth on the other three, but, as we shall soon see, the eternal plays a major role in the development of those other distinctions. What then is the eternal? In one word the eternal is the unchanging, this is in opposition of the temporal which includes...

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... cannot be neglected and so thus be a weighted arrangement for the conception of ethico-religious advancement. It is closely associated to freedom, as Kierkegaard saying; " a person who holds to a difficult position out of ethical conviction can escape the opposition and hatred of others simply by ... Christian's view, by which the conception of hope is also clearly manifested. For this reason, Kierkegaard's description of hope and suffering is sketched out in a way wherein dialectical distinctions are only proven Christian suffering and hope are precisely distinctively Christian. So far...

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