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Paul Tillich (August 20, 1886 - October 22, 1965) was a German-American philosopher and theologian known for his profound contributions to religious philosophy, particularly on the concept of religious existence. His ideas have had a significant impact on 20th-century religious philosophy, theology, and theological ethics.

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“Individualism is the self-affirmation of the individual self as individual self without regard to its participation in its world. As such it is the opposite of collectivism, the self affirmation of the self as part of a larger whole without regard to its character as an individual self.”

World Self Whole Character Individual Opposites Regard Individualism Affirmation Participation Collectivism Self Affirmation

Book:Writings on religion

Source: Writings on religion

“In a man like Friedrich von Schlegel the courage to be as an individual self produced complete neglect of participation, but it also produced, in reaction to the emptiness of this self-affirmation, the desire to return to a collective. Schlegel, and with him many extreme individualists in the last hundred years, became Roman Catholics. The courage to be as oneself broke down, and one turned to an institutional embodiment of the courage to be as a part.”

“The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe .”

Self Universe Individual Fate Anxiety Significant Representation Affirmation Self Affirmation

Book:The Courage To Be

Source: The Courage To Be

“Mystical identification transcends the aristocratic virtue of courageous self-sacrifice. It is self- surrender in a higher, more complete, and more complete and more radical form. It is the perfect form of self-affirmation.”

Self Form Perfect Virtue Sacrifice Higher Surrender Radical Courageous Affirmation Mystical Self Sacrifice Identification Aristocratic Self Affirmation

Book:The Courage To Be

Source: The Courage To Be

“The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.”

Joy Desire Essentials Anxiety Spite Affirmation

Book:Writings on religion

Source: Writings on religion

About the Author

Born: August 20, 1886
Died: October 22, 1965
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 126

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