Kierkegaard: An Introduction
March 18, 2021
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as posted by the channelThe 19th century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard is best known for giving us the concept of a leap of faith. He was a deeply religious thinker, but his ideas have as much relevance for secular lives as Christian ones. He was the grandfather of existentialism, a purveyor of authenticity, and of discovering, amid conflicting beliefs and the demand to conform to the rules of society, who you really are.
Although he was born in 1813, his works were not widely read in English until the middle of the twentieth century.
He published Either/Or, his most famous work in 1843, and in it, through an array of pseudonyms and fictional characters, he discusses competing and contradictory ways one might live life. Should you live for the moment? Seeking pleasure? Or should you live for the interesting? Should you live dutifully? Ethically? Should you conform to the rules?
He suggests there are three stages of life, three spheres of existence: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious. Some of the key concepts are reflective aestheticism, the rotation of crops, subjective truth, passion, and, of course, Christianity.
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Sources:
Kierkegaard: An Introduction, C. Stephen Evans
Robert Ferguson, Life Lessons From Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or
Soren Kierkegaard, The Essential Kierkegaard
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