Dear Jim R., ... the one thing we all have in common as human beings. That is very different from equality of opportunity, and it would be nonsense to claim...
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Jim Stuart
jimstuart46
May 21, 2006 6:30 pm
Dear Jim R., Further to my last post, I notice I made two typos in my quotation from Kierkegaard. The quote should read: "Augustine has nevertheless done...
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Jim Stuart
jimstuart46
May 21, 2006 8:06 pm
Nick, Thanks for locating the quote, and typing it out in full. It is much appreciated. Jim...
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Jim Stuart
jimstuart46
May 22, 2006 8:03 pm
Dear Ben, I agree that Kierkegaard's Socrates puts forward no positive views of his own, and is only the occasion for his interlocutor to decide for himself...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 22, 2006 9:30 pm
... From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jim Stuart Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 1:02 PM To:...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 22, 2006 9:40 pm
Jim, You said: I shall absent myself from this forum for a year or so to attempt to expunge the objective disposition within me which prevents me capturing the...
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Médéric Laitier
hidepark21
May 22, 2006 10:27 pm
Dear Friends, Is it one of these moments in life, tonight, when everything all of a sudden seems to attain its sharper form and and its brightest contrast as...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 12:33 am
Ben, I think it would help if you were willing to reveal something of yourself rather than sarcasm all the time and a very objective approach. Even SK had his...
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Will Brown
wilbro99
May 24, 2006 2:27 am
Howdy, I have just finished perusing the more than a month's supply of posts that I missed, looking for the proper vehicle to return to the fray. Ben offered a...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 4:41 am
Ben, What then would you call what you write? Don ... From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Een Enkelte ...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 4:41 am
James, What the hell does this mean? Don Well, first thing, Don -- perhaps this is obvious to everyone but me -- "Een Enkelte" is Danish for "the ___...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 3:40 pm
James, my question is as follows. How does what you said address what I said? It seems to me to be about something else. Don ... From:...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 3:51 pm
B, It is objective because it is about others and not your own imward deepening. It is sarcasm because it is negetive toward others. When others ask questions...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 6:05 pm
James, Why do you assume I don't know his name? Is it necessary to know someones name to know them at all. don ... From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com ...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 6:35 pm
... From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Een Enkelte Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:50 AM To:...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 6:41 pm
Ben, I do not know if you know what I mean when I say anything. I don't know what you mean by anything you say. You have given me no way of discussing it with ...
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Will Brown
wilbro99
May 24, 2006 6:51 pm
JS, here is a post I found that I forgot to post before I left. It was in answer to your questioning of my take on the 'existential step.' Now that you are...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 24, 2006 8:13 pm
James, Ben is the name he uses to sign his posts. Do you have some reason to suspect that is not legitimate? Don ... From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com ...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 25, 2006 5:53 am
Dear Ben, What you have to say in this post seems clear but there are questions. First you say that you are seeking "clarity of ideas." But the first question...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 25, 2006 6:45 pm
James, It is unfortunate that you are not reading the Hong translation (even though you say that is what it is) of "Works of Love." My Hong translation reads ...
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Médéric Laitier
hidepark21
May 26, 2006 4:47 pm
Dear Don, I cannot tell you what the Danish says for I cannot speak Danish. However I can let you read what the Danish reads, or shouldn't I rather say what a...
Dear Nick, I find no intrusion to be forgiven here. The subject is an open one. You seem to agree with or appropriate the Hong version brought up by ... the...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
May 26, 2006 10:28 pm
Hello all, I quoted from the princeton edition, copyright 1995. I believe this translation may be different because it was translated according to a set of ...
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Will Brown
wilbro99
May 27, 2006 6:02 pm
This is the Hong of H&R Torchbooks fame: "There is also talk about being deceived by life or in life; but he who self-deceptively cheated himself out of...
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Will Brown
wilbro99
May 31, 2006 5:35 pm
FYI for those new to the group, I have a geocities site that contains a collection of Kierkegaard quotes, now numbering over 700. I will admit up front that I...
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Reg Narak
steaksauced
May 31, 2006 8:10 pm
Aye! If I remember correctly, you unite the SK corpus within the breath of one distinction and make no bones about doing so. I was thinking about finding any...
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Will Brown
wilbro99
May 31, 2006 8:51 pm
Not only is that Ok with me, but I will do cartwheels in celebration of such a reply. ----Theo__the_dancing_bear...
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Reg Narak
steaksauced
May 31, 2006 11:08 pm
Hey Jim, don't forget the words of Clarence who is reputed to have said that not every rolling stone is a grinding stone. There ain't no snow in willy's...
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Reg Narak
steaksauced
Jun 1, 2006 12:57 am
... Hey Willy, To respond I will elaborate upon the set of thoughts I see forming in what you write. The self provides the grammar or, to further lighten the...
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Will Brown
wilbro99
Jun 1, 2006 3:00 am
Yo, Reg, I'll pick up your words here: WB: >> In other words, the grammar of subjectivity belongs to the world-view. At the center of every world-view is the...
