Søren Kierkegaard

The idea of existentialism is believed to have been founded by a Danish philosopher named Søren Kierkegaard, who lived from 1813 to 1855. Although Kierkegaard was a religious man, existentialism became a more atheistic worldview as the philosophy further developed in the 20th century. There are many variations of existentialism, but the main idea of it is that human lives has “no meaning unless people give them meaning.” To elaborate, existentialists say that although life itself originally has…

Philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard once wrote, “Once you label me, you negate me.” (Stereotypes). Just as Kierkegaard wrote in the nineteenth century, a label devalues a person’s own individuality and denies them to be the way they are. With such labels existing, stereotypes are eventually formed as beliefs of how people are based on their particular membership to a group. As found in many people, stereotypes can affect the way people view themselves as members of the world around them. Stereotypes…

I wasn’t consuming, I was somehow draining the area. Søren Kierkegaard once said “It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence.” I believe this can be applied to this situation as well, when I was alone with nothing visible to keep me “occupied” people grew wary of me, like they’d catch the plague of purposelessness from me. Playing off Kierkegaard, perhaps it is an epigram of our modern society…

Zeitgeist of Freedom The Zeitgeist of 1765-1870 can be characterized by certain features that are evident in all cultural artifacts in this time period. In all the artifacts, I noticed the overlapping theme of freedom to author our own minds. Although not all of the authors decided to abide by the accepted convention of the times, they clearly showed evidence that it was the spirit to demonstrate self-expression and that it wasn't necessary to follow what society was doing. During this time…

I discovered most people asking the question of Judas’ afterlife struggle with lives as lived by loved ones or with their own undesirable challenges. How are you to respond to persons concerned with the aftermath of living? We are going to die just as sure as we live. Do we just live, so as to eat and drink and be merry… shouting: “To hell with the rest of the world, I am going to have it my way, baby!” Some have attempted to answer the question based on logic. Others answer the heaven or hell…

I. Background A profound and prolific Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, psychologist, social critic and writer in nineteenth century, Søren Kierkegaard, stated “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” His statement is exactly what to refer to in how cognitive biases may affect judicial decisions. The judges or jurors in the court are limited human observers; therefore, they are confined by the boundaries of…

say “Happy Holidays”, when checking them out; which is viewed as “doing the right thing…[even] [if] it runs us up against our self-interests;” according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (Marino, 300). Kierkegaard believed that everyone had three stages in Life’s way, those being Aesthetic, Ethical, and Religious. Kierkegaard felt that in the Religious stage of one’s life, they must have passionate faith, and be authentic to their faith. Within the Christianity faith it is viewed as it being…

The Biblical scripture continuously faces different individuals who either maintain it in its entirety or try to reinterpret it. Scripture is not something that is easy to interpret nor believe in without a doubt. Much of the reason for this is “The Reformers wanted to bring change within the whole community of believers, not just individuals.” PGCH PG 122 They strived for a new beginning where the old viewpoints were considered but not the ultimate truth. With the new knowledge and wisdom…

The Confluence of European Ideology in Franz Kafka’s Fiction Abstract: Franz Kafka one of the major German language novelist and short story writer was born on July 3, 1883 at Prague. His posthumous works brought him fame not only in Germany, but in Europe as well. By 1946 Kafka’s works had a great effect abroad, and especially in translation. Apart from Max Brod who was the first commentator and publisher of the first Franz Kafka biography, we have Edwin and Willa Muir, principle English…

Scott Sturgeon, the author of “Philosophy: The Great Debate”, talks about philosophy and the existence of God. Sturgeon states that every culture believes in a different God. He mentions that people always believed that there is more in life than everything we see and touch. Sturgeon asked us many questions whether God exists because of a psychological defense-mechanism or because of a common experience for all humans that led them to believe in God? Sturgeon talked about Theism which means the…