/lit/ - Literature

>>14138125
Honestly the GOAT

>>14138129
What makes him the GOAT?

Even if you disagree, I'd say he's worth reading solely because he's actually fun to read

>>14138131
How he truly has a grasp on fear and anxiety. How he truly has a grasp on the meaning of life. How he understands faith with no reason for searching rationality.

Lots of cool shit on him, dude practically made words never before used. I mean this guy invented shit we say today. Kierkegaard is literally chad, he gave up young danish pussy just so he can fuck other people and retain love for her.

>>14138145
Where do I start with him?

>>14138125
Trash philosopher. Unironically not worth reading. More of a poet than a metaphysician. Even if you're a Christian, it's very hard to appreciate him unless you're in a meme sect, considering most of the ideas in Fear and Trembling are heretical in most sects.

>>14138125
No fideism is heresy.

>>14138150
>Trash philosopher. Unironically not worth reading
Thats subjective
>More of a poet than a metaphysician
Thats because he's known for existentialism
>Even if you're a Christian
Thats why you hate him, because he's Christian
>>14138149
>Fear and Trembling
>Either/Or
>The Sickness Unto Death
then if you want, just read some of his notes, and smaller pieces

>>14138165
>Thats why you hate him, because he's Christian
His works are heretical as fuck retard

>>14138151
>>14138191
Catholicism is heresy even according to its own standards, since the Catholic Church constantly contradicts itself.

>>14138191
Elaborate

Oh yeah and dont call me a retard, I will pull your virgin lips off your face and tap dance on your eyebrows you fucking inbred

>>14138165
Should I read in that order specifically or not?

>>14138205
Yes you should read specifically in that order

>>14138165
>Thats subjective
Stfu you gay faggot. Apart from that I don't have any problem.

>>14138202
Teleological suspension of the ethical suggests that God ordered Abraham to do something unethical in order to serve the higher good, which is clearly heretical. God cannot do evil.

>>14138199
It never does and never will and has formalized itself in the CCC to ensure that. You're just a barely litteraly e german farmer like Each and everyone of your correligionists. If not In circumstances, in spirit.

>>14138212
>cannot
He chooses not to, and keeps his promises.

>>14138207
Watch it with that toxic masculinity

>>14138212
It wasn't unethical because God told him to do it, God cannot do evil no matter what he does, because he is God, so therefore what he says is ethical and what he told Abraham to do was not morally wrong. But if you understood Kierkegaard, then you'd realize that that is exactly the point of Fear and Trembling, to ne faced with a decision without a known clear outcome.

>>14138227
That's precisely my point, though. What God wills cannot be morally wrong, so no teleological suspension of the ethical is required. Actually, here's a perfect demonstration of my point on Kierkegaard being heretical. Take note of this post: >>14138218

That guy unironically thinks that God is capable of doing evil. That guy is the type of guy to recommend people here Kierkegaard.

>>14138132
Underrated post.
>>14138125
Absolutetly.

i read kierkegaard for the prose

>>14138444
this
whether he's philosopher or poet is completely irrelevant
he's better poet

>>14138212
If you deem anything God tells you to do to be ethical, you become a madman. This is an easily overlooked but very important point: how can Abraham be sure if he understood God correctly? How can he even be sure that it's God speaking to him, and not Satan, trying to tempt him with the size of the sacrifice required from him (which would undoubtedly get on his pride)? Ethical is not arbitrary, and you don't want it to be destroyed, either. That's why it needs to be suspended in the uncertainty and pain.

>>14138125
unironically worth reading more than schelling