Roachboy, I think, oversimplifies Kierkegaard. It's true that he speaks of the leap of faith out of the realm where human reason governs. But it's not true that that leap is something sui generis. Human reason itself points to its own limitations, and points beyond itself towards God. So I'm not sure it's really arbitrary in the way Roachboy is using that term.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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