Summary
Søren Kierkegaard: Two Treatises
Two Short Ethical-Religious Treatises
Most certainly do not understand what he is talking about. They, referring to a contemporary, say that it is imprudent for a man to engage in a fight with forces that can kill him. They admire the long-dead man who had that courage. But I'm not talking about that at all. I suppose it is perfectly fine that the man in question does not lack courage at all. I am by no means speaking of imprudence if a man engages in a struggle with forces that can kill him. I'm talking about a completely different force, which kills forever. I'm talking about the force he may have unwisely tackled, the responsibility. Is a man allowed to go that far; can he even when he is right and agrees with the truth, can he make others so guilty; can he punish others like that? Because it is clear that at the very moment when they think they are punishing him, by killing him, he punishes them terribly, making them Guilty for killing him.
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