Kierkegaard Essay Examples

Merriam-Webster defines despair as a utter loss of hope, or a cause of hopelessness. In comparison, Kierkegaard defines it as not being willing to be oneself. A sickness in the self; unless cured, it leads to the worst sort of death – not the death...

As I was scanning from dictionary to dictionary, jumping from one site to another, trying to find a perfect way or passage to start this paper, I always stumbled with the definition of romantic love. But I was not satisfied, as I knew that love...

In this essay, I will compare Camus’ and Kierkegaard’s theories of the absurd and how they differ from one another and also outline their similarities, it will also discuss both philosophers’ portrayals of the act of murder. When looking at Kierkegaard’s theory of the absurd,...

Kierkegaard, a well-know teologist, sees Christianity as the paradoxical truth; and he believes that “it is in the paradoxical that the eternal ones came into existence in time.” Socrates’ perception of paradoxical predicament of man is stressing more the subjectivity of truth. But paradoxically it...

The purpose of life will always be questioned and everyone and everything’s existence will always be an argumentative. I have known and I had admired Kierkegaard’s perspective towards life and towards existence. He has questioned anxiety, boredom, life, God, religion, the validity of existence and...