This text delves into profound philosophical questions of identity and being, drawing from quotes by Václav Havel and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and analyzes the existential feeling of alienation and loss. The author discusses Kierkegaard's concept of the subject, where humans are 'unfinished products' who must complete themselves through the 'illness' of fall, sin, sickness, and death, emphasizing the positive role of these experiences in God's plan. Subsequently, it compares Havel's concept of 'fallen being' with Kierkegaard's myth of creation and fall, noting Havel's absence of the Creator concept. The text further explores Havel's understanding of identity, influenced by Levinas and his emphasis on the 'will to self' and 'will to identity,' and polemizes with the notion of 'memory of being.' Finally, it addresses the paradoxical nature of human identity, which is not a mere immutable substance but a dynamic process of continuous self-creation and responsibility, where 'man is not just himself.'
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