... discussed is the moment. We need the moment because it would be impossible for the eternal to be a synthesizing factor for the eternal and the temporal. (KPA 118) In his definition of the self Kierkegaard states that humans are a synthesis of the finite and the infinite. In his Journals and Papers he used a metaphor to express what the difference is: "Who thinks ... a very important category for Kierkegaard because he thinks that failure to realize ones possibility will eventually lead to despair. (BE 57) Necessity and Possibility play such a crucial role in Kierkegaard's philosophy tha...

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