In 1955 morton white wrote about the word exists and kierkegaard s idea of gods isness. Squashed philosophers complete text kierkegaard either or. Its not just your summary of posts, and its emphatically not i got my 2 runs this week. They were problem thinkers who chose not to follow the systematic approach to philosophy as their predecessors did.
Kierkegaard presents his first pseudonymous authorship eitheror to. Pdf women and seduction in kierkegaard and nietzsche. Top 10 books by soren kierkegaard best book recommendations. Soren kierkegaard princeton university press, princeton, new jersey, 1941 preface despair is the sickness, not the cure. For kierkegaard, in fear and trembling, joyful acceptance flows from the certitude of faith.
Kierkegaard proclaims to write in such a way that the heretics are unable to understand it ft r 225. The word exists is one of the most pivotal and controversial in philosophy. Phil10175 late modern philosophy nietzsche, kierkegaard, and. The existential interpretation of being human in philosophy and. For both kierkegaard and nietzsche, the content of a fulfilling life is not simply handed down from some outside source. By the end of nietzsches life, it is true, kierkegaard was becoming known in germany. He seems to have suffered some sort of trauma early on, associated with his breakingoff an engagement to his beloved regine olsen he never married, or perhaps because of his sternly religious father, or the fact that his mother, and all but one of his six siblings, died young.
Examination of some of the main issues in the thought of kierkegaard and the thought of nietzsche, such as subjective and objective truth, the logic of faith, the category of transvaluation and the death of god. But this does not mean that he fails to cast light on the problem of existence. Phil10175 late modern philosophy nietzsche, kierkegaard. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Dostoevsky, kierkegaard, nietzsche, and kafka were all outsiders in their societies, unable to fit into the accepted nineteenthcentury categories of theology, philosophy, or belles lettres. Kierkegaard and nietzsche present their philosophies in a way which is consistent with their views of realitythey write with intentional ambiguity. And this is not to mention the obvious contribution angier makes to crosstraditional scholarship in that either kierkegaard or nietzsche is a serious and knowledgeable study end page 299 of two major continental figures, and one that places the onus on analytic philosophy to argue whether their exclusion along traditional lines should be. How do the philosophies of kierkegaard and nietzsche differ.
It explains that, for both kierkegaard and nietzsche, the issue of providence is occasioned not primarily by the study of nature or of history but of their own lives, and that both of them can help show that neither faith in providence, nor the abandonment of such. Introduction only the christian knows what is meant by the sickness unto death. Thursday, 24th of october, by 12pm 40%, and a final essay on either kierkegaard or heidegger approx. The main philosophical thought they opposed was hegel and his method of giant system making. Angier is available at in several formats for your ereader. For those unfamiliar with this work by the danish philosopher, either presents what kierkegaard terms the aesthetic view of life. This is rather odd, as kierkegaard was selfconsciously seeking to be an orthodox christian, and nietzsche was selfconsciously seeking to destroy christianity. Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe. Either he is the contentious, mistaken anticipation of the erotic, which became manifest in the knight, or chivalry is still only a relative contrast to spirit, and not until the contrast split even more deeply did don juan emerge as sensuality that. For nietzsche, in thus spoke zarathustra, joyful acceptance is an acceptance of the eternal recurrence of life, and is ultimately a matter of will.
In this book angier expounds the view that kierkegaard both anticipated, and subjected to detailed critique, nietzsche s central arguments in moral philosophy, exposing the weaknesses of what were to become the core nietzschean positions and realizing the powerful attraction for people that these ideas would have. This chapter examines the similarities in the views of soren kierkegaard and friedrich nietzsche about faith in the providence. Again, keep track of your own totals so you can tell me at semesters end how many participation runs you believe you earned since the semester resumed. Eitheror by soren kierkegaard contents part i historical introduction preface diapsalmata the immediate erotic stages or the musicalerotic the tragic in ancient drama reflected in the tragic in modern drama. They were problem thinkers who chose not to follow the systematic approach. Nevertheless, after reading only a little bit of nietzsche i have seen some parallels to kierkegaard already. Dostoevsky, kierkegaard, nietzsche and kafka by william hubben textbook, 2003. In either or, using the voices of two characters the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply a, and the ethical judge vilhelm of the second section kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous seducers diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. Either or by soren kierkegaard contents part i historical introduction preface diapsalmata. Kierkegaardss philosophy clings to an idea beyond its range of usefulness, inhibiting the individuals potential. And this is not to mention the obvious contribution angier makes to crosstraditional scholarship in that either kierkegaardor nietzsche is a serious and knowledgeable study of two major.
Couple of reasons why i dont like nietzsche as much as soren kierkegaard 1. Thomas brobjer believes one of the works nietzsche wrote about kierkegaard is in morgenrothe, which was partly written in response to. Full text of soren kierkegaard, eitheror 1843 wiki see other formats eitheror for other uses, see eitheror disambiguation. Friedrich nietzsche, soren kierkegaard, and martin heidegger. The ego creates the illusion of an enemy, a cause that can be blamed for ones own inferiorityfailure. In eitheror, kierkegaard already anticipates this wellknown distinction. Nietzsche believes convictions should be like habitssa temporary mechanism that can be. How four of europes most mysterious and fascinating writers shaped the modern mind. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. In this video we summarize kierkegaards 3 lifeviews, the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious, and their appropriateness for the. In kierkegaards early writings, from eitheror to the post script, the self. Nietzsche was a boy eleven years old growing up in naumburg in the east of germany when kierkegaard died in his native copenhagen in 1855.
Download 9page term paper on comparing kierkegaard and nietzsche 2020. Kierkegaard leaves us with more questions than answers. And this is not to mention the obvious contribution angier makes to crosstraditional scholarship in that either kierkegaard or nietzsche is a serious and knowledgeable study of two major. It explains that, for both kierkegaard and nietzsche, the issue of providence is.
There are a number of ways they differ beyond their relationship with god and, quite frankly, the knight of faith and the ubermensch are both incredibly different and do not have as much overlap as they at first seem to on a very surface level rea. Nietzsche and kierkegaard were profoundly influenced by the literary form of the novel. Dostoevsky, kierkegaard, nietzsche, and kafka by william hubben 1952 mcmillan p. Nietzsche, kierkegaard, and the novel project muse. A substantive post is a comment, question, link etc. Soren kierkegaard and friedrich nietzsche both felt that life is irrational. Kierkegaard was born in 18 to a prosperous family in copenhagen. May 22, 2012 nietzsche and kierkegaard agree that discipline, constraint, and risk are necessary for the most fulfilling kind of life, but the disagree on how they are manifested. Ressentiment kierkegaard and nietzsche friedrich nietzsche. Nietzsche soren kierkegaard and friedrich nietzsche are known to be two of the greatest nineteenth century existentialists of all time. In this book, tom angier brings into dialogue the two figures who.
Kierkegaard and nietzsche are often treated together as early existentialists. Soren kierkegaard stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Kierkegaard presents his first pseudonymous authorship eitheror to concluding unscientific postscript as a dialectical progression of existential stages. You may pick any question on nietzsche listed below as your midterm topic, and any question on kierkegaard or heidegger for your final essay topic. Both are philosophers of the dangerous maybe bge 11. Eitheror 59 precluding the possibility that a more re. This book explores the relationship between these opposed visions. Thursday, 24th of october, by 12pm 40%, and a final essay on either kierkegaard or. Kierkegaard and nietzsche of course never met and never could have met.
Friedrich nietzsche, on the genealogy of morality ressentiment is a reassignment of the pain that accompanies a sense of ones own inferiorityfailure onto an external scapegoat. Indeed i found more of an existenzerhellung in kierkegaards eitheror than in the second volume of karl jaspers philosophie, which bears that title. Kierkegaard and nietzsche on commitment and the constant self. Enten eller is the first published work of the danish philosopher s0ren kierkegaard. Nietzsches writing is hard this might sound like a trifling reason, but its not. Friedrich nietzsche developed his philosophy during the late 19th century. The important thing for kierkegaard is that decisions like these cannot be. The first is the aesthetic, which gives way to the ethical, which gives way to the religious. Either he can remain in despair at the pre sent level or he can change his way of life.