When European Philosophy emerged from the 18th century it was enveloped in what can only be called a metaphysical fog. Adrift, and perhaps way off course, there came a light, one which gave hope of one day returning from our long voyage on this speculative sea. This light was none other than philosophies “Melancholic Dane” Soren Kierkegaard.
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Sources: • The Oxford History of Western Philosophy – Edited by Anthony Kenny • The Great Philosophers From Socrates to Foucault – Jeremy Stangroom & James Garvey • 501 Things You Should Have Learned About Philosophy – Alison Rattle and Alex Woolf • 101 Great Philosophers – Madsen Pirie • https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/ • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Soren-Kierkegaard • CC Attribution: • Kierkegaard Family - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard#/media/File:S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard's_family2.jpg • Kierkegaard Statue - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard#/media/File:Royal_Library_Garden_-_S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard.jpg • Kierkegaard Statue 2 - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard#/media/Archivo:S%C3%B8ren-Kirkegaard-Statue.jpeg • Fear and Trembling - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard#/media/File:Fear_and_trembling_-_the_sickness_unto_death.jpg • Borgedydskolen - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgerskolen_-_Old_citizenschool_in_Kolding_-_Denmark_003.JPG • Anxiety painting - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anxiety.jpg • Kierkegaard Statue 3 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kierkegaard_(Frederiksborg_Museum).jpg • Kierkegaard Books - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kierkegaard_Samlede_v%C3%A6rker.JPG • Kierkegaard Books 2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soren_Kierkegaard_Journals_and_Papers.JPG
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Timestamps: 00:00 Soren Kierkegaard | Philosophies Melancholic Dane 03:55 The Father of Existentialism 05:17 Major Works 06:38 Either/Or 11:13 Fear and Trembling 13:10 The Concept of Anxiety 15:38 The Sickness Unto Death 18:12 Conclusion/Closing thoughts
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