The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard write by Mark Bernier. This book was released on 2015. The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a study of the concept of hope in the work of Kierkegaard, a subject whose significance has not been given enough scholarly attention, and which should not be treated simply by reference to other philosophical ideas, or merely as the antithesis of despair. An essential role of faith is to secure the ground for hope, and in this way faith secures the ground for the self. In short, authentic hope is not merely a fringe element, but is essential to Kierkegaard's project of the self.
The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard
The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard write by Mark Bernier. This book was released on 2015-11-12. The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Philosophers of religion are often caught up with the epistemic justification of their religious beliefs, rather than the qualities of the religious life that make it valuable. Mark Bernier argues that hope is one of the most important of such qualities, and is an essential thread that connects despair, faith, and the self. The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard reconstructs Kierkegaard's theory of hope, which involves the distinction between mundane and authentic hope, and makes three principal claims. Firstly, while despair involves the absence of hope, a rejection of oneself, and a turn away from one's relation to God, despair is fundamentally an unwillingness to hope. This unwillingness is directed toward authentic hope, conceived of by Kierkegaard as an expectation for the possibility of the good. Secondly, hope is not simply an ancillary activity of the self; rather, the task of becoming a self is essentially constituted by hope. Thus, when in despair one is unwilling to hope, one is in fact rejecting one's task of becoming a self. Thirdly, faith stands in opposition to despair precisely because it is a willingness to hope. An essential role of faith is to secure the ground for hope, and in this way faith secures the ground for the self. In short, authentic hope (what Kierkegaard calls spiritual hope) is not merely a fringe element, but is essential to Kierkegaard's project of the self.
Kierkegaard and the Problem of Self-Love
Kierkegaard and the Problem of Self-Love - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kierkegaard and the Problem of Self-Love write by John Lippitt. This book was released on 2013-04-25. Kierkegaard and the Problem of Self-Love available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The problem of whether we should love ourselves - and if so how - has particular resonance within Christian thought and is an important yet underinvestigated theme in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard. In Works of Love, Kierkegaard argues that the friendships and romantic relationships which we typically treasure most are often merely disguised forms of 'selfish' self-love. Yet in this nuanced and subtle account, John Lippitt shows that Kierkegaard also provides valuable resources for responding to the challenge of how we can love ourselves, as well as others. Lippitt relates what it means to love oneself properly to such topics as love of God and neighbour, friendship, romantic love, self-denial and self-sacrifice, trust, hope and forgiveness. The book engages in detail with Works of Love, related Kierkegaard texts and important recent studies, and also addresses a wealth of wider literature in ethics, moral psychology and philosophy of religion.
Sickness Unto Death
Sickness Unto Death - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sickness Unto Death write by Soren Kierkegaard. This book was released on 2013-01-28. Sickness Unto Death available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation [which accounts for it] that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but [consists in the fact] that the relation relates itself to its own self. Man is a synthesis of the infinite and the finite, of the temporal and the eternal, of freedom and necessity; in short, it is a synthesis.
Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith
Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith write by Merold Westphal. This book was released on 2014-08-11. Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book renowned philosopher Merold Westphal unpacks the writings of nineteenth-century thinker Søren Kierkegaard on biblical, Christian faith and its relation to reason. Across five books — Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Sickness Unto Death, and Practice in Christianity — and three pseudonyms, Kierkegaard sought to articulate a biblical concept of faith by approaching it from a variety of perspectives in relation to one another. Westphal offers a careful textual reading of these major discussions to present an overarching analysis of Kierkegaard’s conception of the true meaning of biblical faith. Though Kierkegaard presents a complex picture of faith through his pseudonyms, Westphal argues that his perspective is a faithful and illuminating one, making claims that are important for philosophy of religion, for theology, and most of all for Christian life as it might be lived by faithful people.
