Elevation of Self. What's in it for me? Nothing I'm afraid!

29/6/2016

It may well be accurate to describe "Western" man, generally, as living life on what Soren Kierkegaard called the "aesthetic" stage of life. This is the stage where man lives life only on the sensual level, where he is self- and pleasure- centered.

William Lane Craig says, "this need not be a gross hedonism," as "man on this level could be very cultivated and even circumspect; but nevertheless his life revolves around himself and those material things- whether sex, art, music, or whatever- that brings him pleasure. The paradox of life on this level is that it leads ultimately to unhappiness.

The self-centered, aesthetic man finds no ultimate meaning in life and no true satisfaction. Thus the aesthetic life leads finally to boredom, a sort of sickness with life."

William Lane Craig, "Reasonable Faith," 69

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Elevation of Self. What's in it for me? Nothing I'm afraid!

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