The Religious Sphere

The ethical decision, however, is not the last word.  It leads necessarily to a crisis in which man will either despair again or turn to God.  Up to this point God has been considered too exclusively as a complement of man’s ethical life; he ordinarily recalls Him only in examination of conscience.  By admitting his [...]

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The Ethical Sphere

In the choice of himself as an absolute, one leaves the aesthetic stage.  Kierkegaard calls the new sphere, into which freedom has introduced man, the ethical.  As soon as  a person takes possession of himself and becomes free there arises an absolute distinction between good and evil.  For the speculative attitude (which is included in [...]

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The Aesthetic Sphere

The aesthetic sphere bears within itself the germ of its own destruction: the frustrated attempts of the spirit to affirmt itself cause a strange anxiety, eventually leading to despair…Only a free decision can break through the aesthetic attitude.  At this point it does not matter to what one commits onself, since the dilemma here is [...]

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For those interested…

I have the most amazing fiancée.  She continually amazes me with her sharp mind, warm heart, keen perception, lively sense of humor, and a seemingly unending list of mysteriously wonderful qualities which I look forward to learning more about.  She is also, among other things, a very competent poet.  I would like to recommend her [...]

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World Cinema, by Joel and Ethan Coen

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GRE Advice?

Anyone out there taken the GRE lately?  What helped?  What didn’t?  Should I be as nervous as I am? I tend to freak out about this kind of thing.

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