Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Kierkegaard’s Spheres of Existence

Kierkegaard observed that people live in one of three spheres of existence: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the faith sphere.
Most people live an aesthetic life in which nothing matters but appearances, pleasures, and happiness. A much smaller group are those people who live in the ethical sphere, who do their best to do the right thing and see past the shallow pleasantries and ideas of society. The third and highest sphere is the faith sphere. To be in the faith sphere, one must give the entirety of oneself to God.

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