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May 4, 2020 · Søren Kierkegaard’s Struggle with Himself. ... Abraham had a kind of faith that even the most religious people lack: he believed that God had the power to suspend morality. More, he trusted ...
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, 1813 – 1855 CE, was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, and social critic who is considered to be the first existentialist philosopher in history. Kierkegaard’s work focused mostly on Christian ethics, the institution of the Church, and the differences between logic and the attempt to find factual, objective ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Kierkegaard called this loss of the self “despair”: a spiritual sickness that, he believed, afflicts us all. The way he describes it, despair sounds like bad news, and in a way it is.
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was born on 5 May 1813, in Copenhagen. His father, Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard, a wealthy hosier, was a self-made man; he was intelligent, but melancholic. Søren’s mother, Ane Sørensdatter Lund, was his second wife. His first marriage to Kirstine Nielsdatter was childless.
O ften labeled as the first existentialist philosopher, Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard was a voracious writer (see our reading list of Kierkegaard’s best books here). Wittgeinstein described him as the most profound thinker of the 19th century, and his many works are filled with rich nuance and insight on a wide diversity of subjects.
Apr 1, 2022 · 6. Kierkegaard believed Christ was the ultimate authority in matters of personal faith, and Kierkegaard also believed in the “absolute transcendence by God of all human categories.” Kierkegaard believed God was the universe’s supreme power.
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 ...
