A path to authenticity: Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky on existential transformation

Vaškovic, Petr

doi:10.1007/s11153-019-09732-z

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“…Although humans believe in moral power and their ability to solve life problems, they do not know the ultimate purpose of their ethical actions, prompting their desire to rise to a higher level. Kierkegaard exemplifies an individual at this level, akin to Socrates, who sacrificed life for the sake of moral values (Vaškovic, 2020).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Soren Kierkegaard's Existentialismmentioning

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Soren Kierkegaards Existentialism: A Study on the Way of Enjoying Life during Post Truth Era

Saputra,

Ritonga,

Arrasyid

2024

Insaniyat J. of Islam and Humanities

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This study aims to explain the means of deriving enjoyment in life during the Post-Truth era by drawing upon the existentialist values of Soren Kierkegaard. A qualitative approach with a conceptual design was adopted using exploratory, interpretative, and analytical methods. The results showed that individuals were able to derive enjoyment from life during the Post-Truth Era by embracing the following Soren Kierkegaard's existentialism values. First, being oneself; living under the narrative of the heart and mind. Second, being moral; and adhering oneself to universal rules. Third, living a religious life; having a direct connection with God, and being critical of religion. The significance of Soren Kierkegaard's existentialism lies in its emphasis on individuality, freedom, and the search for authentic meaning in life. Kierkegaard's philosophy highlights the importance of subjectivity and individual responsibility in facing a life full of decisions. His concept of existential decision-making stresses conscious choices that reflect awareness and accountability. emphasizing the uniqueness of individuals and the pursuit of life's meaning. This philosophical perspective underscores the critical role of self-awareness, self-development, and personal responsibility in leading a meaningful life. Kierkegaard believes that humans must become authentic selves, which continue without stopping. This is a struggle that must be carried out at all times, so that humans can become the subjects of their lives. Becoming an authentic self is a task that must be held accountable, and individuals have the possibility to realize the enjoyment of life. In Kierkegaard's thought, life is natural and sometimes has a greater sense of significance than life that is not natural. The natural way of life for humans is the way of enjoying life described by Kierkegaard.

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Section: Characteristics Of Soren Kierkegaard's Existentialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Soren Kierkegaards Existentialism: A Study on the Way of Enjoying Life during Post Truth Era

Saputra,

Ritonga,

Arrasyid

2024

Insaniyat J. of Islam and Humanities

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“…Another study shows that holy foolishness is based on the talent for spiritual leadership. The research of P. Vaskovic (2019) defines the extent, to which the phenomenological method is applicable to studying difficult social phenomena, which definitely include the phenomenon of foolishness for Christ. P. Bloomfield (2017) studied the issues of morality and the complexity in determining the effect of moral norms and identified their presence in social life.…”

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Phenomenological meaning of foolishness for Christ (Russian version yurodstvo)

Ilyin¹,

Matushanskaya²,

Shagieva³

et al. 2020

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The relevance of the problem under study is due to contradictions between the ontological prerequisites of "yurodstvo" (foolishness for Christ) as a phenomenon of cultural and social life, phenomenological perceptions of juridical life, as well as views on it from the position of philosophy of religion at the beginning of the XXI century, enrichment of knowledge about its elements and characteristics, which make up the phenomenological meaning of foolishness for Christ. The purpose of the article is to reveal the phenomenological meaning of juridical life, to define it as a phenomenon of cultural, religious and social life, and to identify its ontological grounds. The leading method of studying this problem is the method of comparativetypological analysis, the systemic approach, the sociocultural approach, the principle of historism, the axiological method. At the same time, popular scholarly methods of knowledge were used: analysis and synthesis, climbing from abstract to concrete, ideas of determinism and synergistic historism were used. The article reveals the content of the concept of foolishness for Christ taking into account the ontological component; The elements that serve as phenomenological bases for the maintenance of the foolishness are identified; A methodological analysis of the content of the phenomenological meaning of foolishness for Christ has been carried out, a system of philosophical evaluation of foolishness for Christ has been formulated, and the nature of the presence of juridical life in social life has been analyzed.

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“…For Dostoevsky, love is a fully conscious, self-sacrificing action made for all, which constitutes the highest development of personality. 68 Active love, however, is impossible unless one first dies. Self-annihilation is a necessary prelude to self-giving love.…”

Section: Active Love and Responsibility The Conceptmentioning

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Icons of Faith in The Brothers Karamazov: A Kierkegaardian Reading

Chiong

2020

Phil Sacra

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Through a creative and critical reading of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, this paper explores how the novel portrays a narrative of faith which corresponds to Søren Kierkegaard’s philosophical notion of faith. By analyzing the actions and utterances of the narrative agents, the researcher draws from the novel its conceptions of justice, death and rebirth, acceptance, active love and responsibility, the metaphor of the heart, and mystery. These are subsequently correlated to the Kierkegaardian categories of the double movement, teleological suspension of the ethical, infinite resignation, receiving again, subjectivity, and subjective truth. The paper has the double-aim of (1) providing a philosophical framework for understanding the convoluted issues of faith explored in the novel, and (2) presenting a novelistic expression of Kierkegaard’s philosophy. This dialogue between the two thinkers provides deep reflections on the experience of pain and loss in the world of a Benevolent God.

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A path to authenticity: Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky on existential transformation

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Soren Kierkegaards Existentialism: A Study on the Way of Enjoying Life during Post Truth Era

Soren Kierkegaards Existentialism: A Study on the Way of Enjoying Life during Post Truth Era

Phenomenological meaning of foolishness for Christ (Russian version yurodstvo)

Icons of Faith in The Brothers Karamazov: A Kierkegaardian Reading

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