[Kierkegaard] calls the forms of commitment that result … [i.e., making commitments] "spheres of existence." There are four spheres of existence: … A person in the aesthetic sphere is committed … [of particular activities] … [specific,] absolute choice. Religiousness A is the sphere for which "self-annihilation … the object of the individual's commitment.
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