John Weitzel

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In Augustine’s writings the pivotal role played by desire is explicit and obvious; in Kierkegaard’s writings the crucial importance of desire is sometimes blatant but often it is more occluded. Kierkegaard occasionally uses the Danish word for “desire” (længsel, or ønske), but more typically he simply describes teleological longing and attraction.
Eros and Self-Emptying: The Intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard (Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker)
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