"If the ethical - that is, social..." - Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
If the ethical - that is, social morality- is the highest ... then no categories are needed other than the Greek philosophical categories.
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“Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.”
“Human relations are like the irregular verbs in a number of languages where nearly all verbs are irregular.”
“You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it?”
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“It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.”
“Morality is contraband in war.”
“Happiness arises as a result of different causes and conditions. If you harm someone out of anger, you may feel some superficial satisfaction, but deep down you know it was wrong. Your confidence will be undermined. However, if you have an altruistic attitude, you’ll feel comfortable and confident in the presence of others.”
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“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”
“No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.”
“[T]he outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality.:; Why is it worse to kill a woman than a man?”