By: Madison Richardson & Hannah Keith

Soren Kierkegaard May 5, November 11, 1855 Youngest child of 7, born to parents of Jutlandish descent Influenced early by devoutly religious teachings of his father (concentrated on Christ suffering) studied theology, philosophy, and literature at the University of Copenhagen; mother died; began famous journal he would keep for 20 years completed his doctoral dissertation entitled on the concept of irony

Proposed that the individual passed through 3 stages on the way to become a true-self: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious Believes you can’t live an authentically Christian live while surrounded by people who are falsely religious

Aesthetic is the philosophical study of beauty and taste Believed that the aesthetic is the life that promises us a series of temporary reliefs from despair However, with repetition, pleasures would lose intensity and interest

Believed that a divine command from God transcends ethics Argued that God necessarily create human morality Argued that ethics is up to the individuals to create morals and values

Soren & Fichte- both interested in this idea of beginning with doubt as well as subjectivity Soren & Hegel- Soren criticize aspects of Hegel but respected the man as well Soren & Schelling- Soren use to respect Schelling but as time progressed he became disillusioned to Soren Soren & Schopenhauer- Soren disagreed with everything Schopenhauer said