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Originally Posted by Glice
that the image of ourselves is actually ourselves.
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I'm currently attempting The Sickness Unto Death, and it seems to me (with my limited philosophical knowledge) that this is what Kierkegaard is trying to argue. That the self relates to the self (but I was very confused at this part). This relation, however, is incomplete, and thus, is the source of despair - or man's advantage over the beasts - and is the grounding for the soul, which would complete the relation.
Static harmony also seems to exemplify Kierkegaard's not wanting in despair to be oneself.
(atari, please correct me if I'm wrong. This book has plagued me for the past two weeks, and I'm not yet halfway in, and I would hate to be on the wrong track)