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The prominent Danish philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) is considered the forerunner of existentialism; in addition, his ideas had a direct impact on the "dialectical theology" of Karl Barth, on philosophical anthropology, personalism and other currents, where the emphasis is shifted to the personal appropriation of truth. Kierkegaard published Sickness Unto Death (Sygdommen til Doden) in July 1849. The thematic opening that gave the title to the entire book was based on the gospel parable of the resurrection of Lazarus. The miracle of Lazar carries a transparent metaphorical load: the breathlessness, lifelessness of a dead man symbolizes here the numbness of a person’s will, bound by despair, when hope is lost and everything is drowning in the darkness of indifference, cynical emptiness. Salvation from this state of internal self-destruction, decay and death is possible only with the advent of Christ, who must each time anew roll off the gravestone from the crypt where every human soul languishes. That is why Kierkegaard never tires of repeating that despair is a sin, but despair before God is already a hope for healing, while the opposite of sin is not virtuous behavior, but faith. Only
having led man through all the stages of his earthly existence, up to
the threshold of death itself - despair reveals its true nature
transformative, universal power. The publication is addressed to teachers and students, theologians, philosophers and culturologists; it will be of interest to historians of European culture and religious thought, as well as to a wider circle of readers - lovers and true connoisseurs of philosophical essays.