The 'sickness' which Kierkegaard's book refers to as 'unto death' is resistance to this belief. It is the inclination to accept that as far as the individual is concerned, death is indeed the end. Now why should Kierkegaard want to call that a sickness? After all, even in his ow…
As a nineteenth-century writer, Charlotte Brontë lived during a tumultuous time of challenges to previously incontrovertible mores, leading to a refashioning of societal beliefs and attitudes. Challenges to the Church of England, such as the split by the newly formed Free Church…
This dissertation is part history, part analysis. It surveys prima facie historical antecedents to our current clinical concept of depression—a chapter each on acedia, tristitia, noche oscura, melancholia, and Tungsindighed. The analytic portion compares and contrasts each histo…
A simple retelling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel, about a young man who is hopelessly in love with a girl who is already engaged.
By the author of the world's best seller The subtle art that (almost everything) you care about a mi * rda, this guide provides unexpected advice to deal with and not live on hope. We live in a very interesting time. In the material aspect, this is the best moment we have lived …