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... Keats’s melancholy, for instance, both in terms of pre-Enlightenment epistemology and Heideggerian existentialism. Pfau insists that while representations of melancholy in the 16th century can be understood as “the distinctive affective undercurrent of modern knowing,” modernity adds to these repres ...
... Keats’s melancholy, for instance, both in terms of pre-Enlightenment epistemology and Heideggerian existentialism. Pfau insists that while representations of melancholy in the 16th century can be understood as “the distinctive affective undercurrent of modern knowing,” modernity adds to these repres ...
Existentialism – A Definition
... Existentialism is broadly defined in a variety of concepts and there can be no one answer as to what it is, yet it does not support any of the following: wealth, pleasure, or honor make the good life social values and structure control the individual accept what is and that is enough in life ...
... Existentialism is broadly defined in a variety of concepts and there can be no one answer as to what it is, yet it does not support any of the following: wealth, pleasure, or honor make the good life social values and structure control the individual accept what is and that is enough in life ...
The heritage of german idealism in Kierkeggard`s Either/Or
... Although there is an apparent structural analogy between the ethical choice and Hegelian dialectics, the specific how of Wilhelm’s choice is clearly inspired by Fichte’s concept of faith (as a matter of fact, we do know that Kierkegaard has been reading Die Bestimmung des Menschen). With Fichte, the ...
... Although there is an apparent structural analogy between the ethical choice and Hegelian dialectics, the specific how of Wilhelm’s choice is clearly inspired by Fichte’s concept of faith (as a matter of fact, we do know that Kierkegaard has been reading Die Bestimmung des Menschen). With Fichte, the ...
Word
... myself to the C.I. when I would at times rather act straightway to satisfy my desires? There is an apparent circle: In the ‘order of efficient causes’ we suppose our actions (and even decisions) to be determined by antecedent events, but in the ‘order of ends’ we think of ourselves as subject to mor ...
... myself to the C.I. when I would at times rather act straightway to satisfy my desires? There is an apparent circle: In the ‘order of efficient causes’ we suppose our actions (and even decisions) to be determined by antecedent events, but in the ‘order of ends’ we think of ourselves as subject to mor ...
The Self
... enduring substance. This complex statement provides fertile ground for Kierkegaard to elaborate in the remaining portion of his book on the misrelating of the self, a common sickness of the self (despair), and how one can avoid this sickness and live their lives free from despair (Taylor 145-247). ...
... enduring substance. This complex statement provides fertile ground for Kierkegaard to elaborate in the remaining portion of his book on the misrelating of the self, a common sickness of the self (despair), and how one can avoid this sickness and live their lives free from despair (Taylor 145-247). ...
Albert Camus
... Is Mersault ever the agent of his own actions? The murder scene is frightening simply because Mersault offers no reaction. What is the author’s purpose in portraying the trial of a Frenchmen condemned for the murder of a foreigner? The trial has primarily philosophical significance, much like Kafka’ ...
... Is Mersault ever the agent of his own actions? The murder scene is frightening simply because Mersault offers no reaction. What is the author’s purpose in portraying the trial of a Frenchmen condemned for the murder of a foreigner? The trial has primarily philosophical significance, much like Kafka’ ...