Ideas from 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript' by Søren Kierkegaard [1846], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript' by Kierkegaard,Søren (ed/tr Hannay,Alistair) [CUP 2009,]].
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
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I conceived it my task to create difficulties everywhere
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour
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Wherever there is painless contradiction there is also comedy
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
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Kierkegaard's truth draws on authenticity, fidelity and honesty [Carlisle]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
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Pure truth is for infinite beings only; I prefer endless striving for truth
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth
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The highest truth we can get is uncertainty held fast by an inward passion
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 2. Ethical Self
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The real subject is ethical, not cognitive
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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While big metaphysics is complete without ethics, personal philosophy emphasises ethics
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Speculative philosophy loses the individual in a vast vision of humanity
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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People want to lose themselves in movements and history, instead of being individuals
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Becoming what one is is a huge difficulty, because we strongly aspire to be something else
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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God does not think or exist; God creates, and is eternal
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / d. Religious Experience
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God cannot be demonstrated objectively, because God is a subject, only existing inwardly
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 2. Pantheism
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Pantheism destroys the distinction between good and evil
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
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Without risk there is no faith
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Faith is the highest passion in the sphere of human subjectivity
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