Paul Tillich: The Courage to Be

Heavy duty philosophy/theology. Rather tiring to follow as each phrase needs to be translated into lower level, human consumable format. But its worth it. This German Theologian, teaching in the US, just like an existentialist argued for the power of choice. That is the only but the truest power we humans have. And the “ultimate concern”, whatever we make our ultimate goal, related to the courage to chose life. to chose living to full potential, not hiding form ourselves or from others. The source for this kind of courage for him cannot come from humans or form God, only form “the God above God.” But this is just the conclusion of his reasoning. In the process to get there he dissects wisdom, death, mysticism, fear, meaning, guilt and provides an overview of the history of courage concept itself.

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