“According to traditional concepts, the difference between Adam’s first sin and the first sin of every other man is this: Adam’s sin conditions sinfulness as a consequence, the other first sin presupposes sinfulness as a state. Were this so, Adam would actually stand outside the race, and the race would not have begun with him but would have had a beginning outside itself, something that is contrary to every concept.”
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~Source: The Concept Of Anxiety (1844)
Author: Søren Kierkegaard using the pseudonym Vigilius Haufniensis
