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Episode #160 ... The Creation of Meaning - Kierkegaard - Silence, Obedience and Joy

Philosophize This!

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The Quintessential Poet

Kirkegarde was frustrated with the church of his time. He thought poets, while their intentions are good, only seem to make things worse when describing god's kingdom. For every person they inspire, how many do they leave feeling alone and intimidated because they just don't see god's kingdom in these glowing poetic terms? To put it in modern secular language, there's a million amples i could use here, but think about motivational personalities on the internet. How long before this entire process startsto sound like noise? The poet of the first discourse represents some one with a false connection to god or nature, masked by a bunch of beautiful words that might end up doing more harm

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