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  1. Newsgroups: alt.atheism
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  3. From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
  4. Subject: Re: A Word from Kierkegaard
  5. Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
  6. Message-ID: <ksand-271292171759@wintermute.apple.com>
  7. Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:19:11 GMT
  8. References: <j1moody-271292132202@hesmac13.hesburgh.lab.nd.edu>
  9. Organization: (Evil Eye Creature from Mars, Inc.)
  10. Followup-To: alt.atheism
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  12.  
  13. In article <j1moody-271292132202@hesmac13.hesburgh.lab.nd.edu>,
  14. j1moody@darwin.cc.nd.edu (Joe Moody) wrote:
  15. > Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard took his greatest leap to say:
  16. > 
  17. > "Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation
  18. > may not
  19. > come that far, but none comes further."
  20. > 
  21. > It's absurd. It's illogical. It's infinity. Get it? Got it? Good.
  22.  
  23. I guess it's the classical 'let's explain something unexplainable
  24. with rational tools' cite :-).
  25.  
  26. I think Socrates had his point about this:
  27. "I only know that I know nothing"
  28.  
  29. Kent
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  31. Kent Sandvik (UUCP: ....!apple!ksand; INTERNET: ksand@apple.com)
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