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<p>Quoted for truth. </p>
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<p>It might be irrational to feel compassion for someone else. Why invest so much without a guarantee of a return? You’ve broached the idea of irrationality, as proposed by Kierkegaard. We must sometimes take a leap of faith and believe in the irrational. As he tells in Either/Or, we must break out the dichotomy of the aesthetic (hedonistic) and the ethical life. To truly live a fulfilling life, we must seek a relationship with God. We eventually get bored of our hedonistic exploits. Boredom seeps in and poisons our days. The ethical life similarly has pitfalls. Only by believing in the irrational - God - can we truly start living.</p>
<p>Love is similarly irrational. We substitute our own concerns for someone else’s concerns. But in doing so, God stands beside us. Although we might forget ourselves in caring about others … God will still remember us. </p>
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