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22. Church Library, Coffee Bean, Living Room
To what extent are the experiences of each generation hermetic and unique, such that they are comprehensible only to its members? What can truly be passed on from one generation to the next? In the conclusion of Fear and Trembling, Johannes de silentio argues that there are certain tasks, like learning to love or to have faith, the performance of which require each generation to start afresh. E.g., one cannot simply pick up where the previous generation left off when it comes to faith, as if such experiences could be passed down as a baton in a relay race; rather, each generation has its own race to run, must acquire its own faith. Other generations may serve as models or influences, but never as stepping stones, at least when it comes to lived experience, just as no person ever leaves a womb the same age as one's mother.
22. Church Library, Coffee Bean, Living Room
To what extent are the experiences of each generation hermetic and unique, such that they are comprehensible only to its members? What can truly be passed on from one generation to the next? In the conclusion of Fear and Trembling, Johannes de silentio argues that there are certain tasks, like learning to love or to have faith, the performance of which require each generation to start afresh. E.g., one cannot simply pick up where the previous generation left off when it comes to faith, as if such experiences could be passed down as a baton in a relay race; rather, each generation has its own race to run, must acquire its own faith. Other generations may serve as models or influences, but never as stepping stones, at least when it comes to lived experience, just as no person ever leaves a womb the same age as one's mother.