Then the self turns inward and keeps the door shut. It would rather sit with its own torment than become a self among others. This can look like pride. It is still a refusal to be the self it is.
From The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard
Then the self turns inward and keeps the door shut. It would rather sit with its own torment than become a self among others. This can look like pride. It is still a refusal to be the self it is.
From The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard
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