"When Christianity first entered the world, there were no professors or assistant professors whatever--then it was a paradox for all. It can be assumed that in the present generation every tenth person is an assistant professor; consequently it is a paradox for only nine out of ten. And when the fullness of time finally comes, that matchless future, when a generation of assistant professors, male and female, will live on the earth--then Christianity will have ceased to be a paradox."
-- Kierkegaard, from Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments
Thinking about ethics and current events (Began 1 April 2008)
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