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Inauthenticity, flight from freedom, despair

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⋯if thou hast lived in despair — whether for the rest thou didst win or lose —, then for thee all is lost, eternity knows thee not, it never knew thee or — even more dreadful — it knows thee as thou art known, it puts thee under arrest by thyself in despair⋯.

Kierkegaard,Sickness Unto Death

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, USA

    Julius E. Heuscher (Associate Clinical Professor)

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Heuscher, J.E. Inauthenticity, flight from freedom, despair. Am J Psychoanal 36, 331–337 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01250858

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