• AN EXAMINATION ON SOREN KIERKEGAARD’S NOTION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Soren Kierkegaard’s philosophy marks the beginning of a new way of ascribing meaning to the existing being. His contribution to this new direction was to find meaning to human existence, who exists as an individual. For him, man only realizes himself and lives authentically when he excludes himself from the crowd, takes his decisions as an individual, lives his life and faces his own death all by himself. Also, to live an authentic existence, man must take a leap of faith by suspending all universal moral obligations in absolute submission to the commands of his Creator. This work seeks to e ... Continue Reading

         

      TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the Study1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Aim of the Study1.4 Justification of the Study1.5 Significance of the Study1.6 Methodology of the Study                                           1.7 Scope of the Study1.8 Organization of the Work1.9 Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWOSOME EXISTENTIALISTS’ VIEWS ON HUMAN EXISTENCE2.1 Martin Heidegger 2.2 Jean-Paul Sartre2.3 Karl Jaspers2.4 Albert Camus2.5 Friedrich NietzscheCHAPTER THREEKIERKEGAARDIAN NOTION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE3.1. His Life and Works3.2 Individuality 3.3  Truth and Subjec ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]INTRODUCTION1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYSoren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of contemporary existentialism. Existentialism, according to J. I. Omoregbe (39) deals “with concrete existence as opposed to essence.”  This means, for the existentialists, existence precedes essence. Kierkegaard, described by Wittgenstein (cited in Pattison, 1) is “by far the most profound thinker of the last century”. His notion of human existence stems from the fact that Hegel metaphysical idealism presented human existence in an abstract, objective form. Kierkegaard saw Hegel’s philosophy “ ... Continue Reading