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May 1, 2024 · Søren Kierkegaard (born May 5, 1813, Copenhagen, Den.—died Nov. 11, 1855, Copenhagen) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic who was a major influence on existentialism and Protestant theology in the 20th century. He attacked the literary, philosophical, and ecclesiastical establishments of his day for misrepresenting the ...
Merold Westphal. Søren Kierkegaard - Existentialism, Philosopher, Christianity: In the pseudonymous works of Kierkegaard’s first literary period, three stages on life’s way, or three spheres of existence, are distinguished: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious. These are not developmental stages in a biological or psychological ...
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Kierkegaard chose the mystical path. Across his career the core theme of Kierkegaard’s work is faith. And faith for Kierkegaard is above all a personal relationship with a personal God. Another central element of Kierkegaard’s philosophy is a preference for passion over reason. He saw faith as the “highest passion”.
Søren Kierkegaard: Existentialism’s Quest for Authenticity. In the cosy, cobblestoned streets of 19th-century Copenhagen, a figure looms large in the annals of philosophy, casting a long shadow over existential thought. This is none other than Søren Kierkegaard, often hailed as the father of existentialism. Kierkegaard was a man of deep ...
Søren Kierkegaard - Existentialism, Faith, Reason: The simple scheme of the three stages becomes more complex in Concluding Unscientific Postscript. The fundamental distinction is now between objectivity and subjectivity, with two examples of each. Objectivity is the name for occupying oneself with what is “out there” in such a way as to exempt oneself from the strenuous inward task of ...
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was an astonishingly prolific writer whose work—almost all of which was written in the 1840s—is difficult to categorize, spanning philosophy, theology, religious and devotional writing, literary criticism, psychology and social critique.
Sören Kierkegaard and Existentialism. By Gerhard Rempel. The Danish philosopher Sören Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was hardly known outside of his native land at the time of his lonely death in a Copenhagen hospital. It was after his dea- th that he came to exert a profound influence on philosophy, literature and theology first in Germany, then ...
