Kierkegaard and Christianity
Soren Kierkegaard is said to be one of the "founding fathers" of existentialism. His style of writing, his tone and vocabulary tie him closely to another forerunner of existentialist thought: Fyodor Dostoevsky (although either of them would probably deny this vehemently). However, in the course of his writings, Kierkegaard takes quite a liberal and (dare I say it?) individualistic stand on the side of Christianity. In the passages I have read of Kierkegaard ("That Individual" and "Truth is Subjectivity"), he puts forward two basic themes which seem to be his "driving force" behind each piece respectively. It is behind these themes that Kierkegaard makes his forceful drive to discover the "eternal truth" and the paths which lead us there. Kierkegaard wastes no time in setting the tone for the first selection, "That Individual". Right away he starts his discussion on the "crowd", which he states early on is (in its very concept) the untruth. In a crowd, the vociferation and frenzy of that crowd often drowns out the truth, even if each member of that crowd has individually obtained the truth . Kierkegaard makes the statement that "only one attains the goal", in that we all are capable of obtaining said goal (in this case the
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Truth Subjectivity, Christian Objectively, Christianity Kierkegaard's, Christianity Climacus, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Soren Kierkegaard, Johannes Climacus, eternal truth, truth kierkegaard, goal eternal truth, human equality, truth christianity, kierkegaard begins, crowd individually, one's neighbor, god achieve, kierkegaard makes, truth subjectivity,
Approximate Word count = 1659
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
