Posted by albie on September 29, 19103 at 10:02:51:

In Reply to: About the ideal girlfriend... posted by Wulf on March 03, 1999 at 05:08:59:

: Ever read Kierkegaard's Repetition? Interesting presentation of the idea that when you idealize someone, or try to define them in ideal terms, you end up becoming unaligned to the existent person. Or in this case, you poeticise a girl so much you effectively cannot marry her (for the existing person is no longer the person you love). Gotta love Kierkegaard.

: Sorry you didn't like Sartre that much; I've always had a wary enthusiasm for him, but he wasn't wonderfully original. He at least acknowledged the debt he owed Heidegger, but he never admitted how much he owed Kierkegaard.

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: : Ever read Kierkegaard's <i>Repetition</i>? Interesting presentation of the idea that when you idealize someone, or try to define them in ideal terms, you end up becoming unaligned to the existent person. Or in this case, you poeticise a girl so much you effectively cannot marry her (for the existing person is no longer the person you love). Gotta love Kierkegaard. : : Sorry you didn't like Sartre that much; I've always had a wary enthusiasm for him, but he wasn't wonderfully original. He at least acknowledged the debt he owed Heidegger, but he never admitted how much he owed Kierkegaard.

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