This work's first chapter is dedicated to categorizing the forms of the title condition, which is also equated with sin in the second part.
In this work, it is argued that "a herdsman who is a self only in the sight of cows," and "a ruler who is a self in the sight of slaves," are both very low selves. An appendix to this work containing a "general observation about offense," explains a certain concept with the example of a peasant who is summoned before the Emperor with the invitation to marry the Emperor's daughter. This work uses as an example the man who said "Either Caesar or nothing," but because he did not become Caesar, "he now cannot endure to be himself," and asks whether the title concept is "an advantage or a drawback?" before deciding that dialectically it is both. This work characterizes the title phenomenon as a "disrelationship," and argues that the title concept cannot have a bodily form in the Christian understanding. This work's first chapter is dedicated to categorizing the forms of the title condition, which is also equated with sin in the second part. Taking its title from the story of Lazarus in the Gospel of John, for 10 points, identify this philosophical work which posits that the title condition is "despair," written by Soren Kierkegaard.
In this work, it is argued that "a herdsman who is a self only in the sight of cows," and "a ruler who is a self in the sight of slaves," are both very low selves.
The Sickness Unto Death