焦虑是自由的眩晕 X Ted Chiang X 自由意志

日期：2021/03/24

作品：《Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom》全文链接

作者：Ted Chiang

收录于：Exhalation

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标题来源：索伦·克尔凯郭尔的作品《焦虑的概念》

For Kierkegaard, anxiety/dread/angst is unfocused fear. Kierkegaard uses the example of a man standing on the edge of a tall building or cliff. When the man looks over the edge, he experiences a focused fear of falling, but at the same time, the man feels a terrifying impulse to throw himself intentionally off the edge. That experience is anxiety or dread because of our complete freedom to choose to either throw oneself off or to stay put. The mere fact that one has the possibility and freedom to do something, even the most terrifying of possibilities, triggers immense feelings of dread. Kierkegaard called this our “dizziness of freedom.”