Annotated MLA Bibliography of Sites - 2 views
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Existential Primer: Søren Kierkegaard - 0 views
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Laetitia Boon on 23 Feb 12This source is good to read if trying to comprehend the character of Kierkegaard. Don't read the entire thing (too much too know!) -- the Biography is good, but too long, and the section Commentaries:Christian Existentialism is what's really important to us... " Kierkegaard believed in a Creator, and in Christianity. However, he recognized that he was faithful by choice, not out of logic. The Existential aspect of this is the anguish caused by two aspects of Christianity: (1) You do not really meet the Creator until death yet suicide is not an option or everyone would try it. (2) Freedom is a punishment, not a reward, yet mankind relishes this freedom." "Existentialism is, in large part, the idea that life is a series of usually poor alternatives. Even a "good" decision has negative aspects."
Christian Existentialism - 2 views
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This source is usefull for our project as it not only describes what existentialism is, but also explains how Christianity is related to the idea and states the similarities and differences between the two.
Søren Kierkegaard-Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - 3 views
"His work crosses the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, literary criticism, devotional literature and fiction. Kierkegaard brought this potent mixture of discourses to bear as social ...
Existential Primer: Friedrich Nietzsche - 0 views
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This source isn't very good; it doesn't cover what we're looking for in terms of Nietzche as an Existentialist. However, there is this quote that is interesting and gives us insight to his philosophy in life: "Nevertheless, his father was a minister; a long line of clergymen lay behind each of his parents; and he himself remained a preacher to the end. He attacked Christianity because there was so much of its moral spirit in him.... With perhaps one disastrous exception, Nietzsche remained pious and Puritan, chaste as a statue, to the last: therefore his assault on Puritanism and piety. How he longed to be a sinner, this incorrigible saint! - The Story of Philosophy; Durant, p. 402-3"
The perspectives of Nietzsche - 1 views
"Certainly the Christian religion is an antiquity projected into our times from remote prehistory; and the fact that the claim is believed - whereas one is otherwise so strict in examining pretensi...
Research Questions - 3 views
Definition of Existentialism: Human beings cannot be understood through the sciences. Humans are in charge of making their own lives, they are forced to define their lives through living. Humans ar...
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