Climacus' Miracle: Another Look at "the Wonder" in Philosophical Fragments through a Spinozist Lens
In Chapter 2 of the Philosophical Fragments, Søren Kierkegaard's pseudonym Johannes Climacus poetises about a "king who loved a maiden." Climacus concludes this venture with a bold claim: what he has just described is "so different from any human poem" that it should not be...
| Autres titres: | Section 1: Problems and Perspectives in Kierkegaard’s Authorship |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| Dans: |
Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Année: 2019, Volume: 24, Numéro: 1, Pages: 59-84 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion KAH Époque moderne NBC Dieu VA Philosophie |
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| Résumé: | In Chapter 2 of the Philosophical Fragments, Søren Kierkegaard's pseudonym Johannes Climacus poetises about a "king who loved a maiden." Climacus concludes this venture with a bold claim: what he has just described is "so different from any human poem" that it should not be regarded as a poem at all, but as "the wonder" [Vidunderet] which leads one to exclaim in adoration that "[t]his thought did not arise in my own heart!" In the subsequent chapter of Philosophical Fragments, Climacus proceeds to offer a number of arguments against demonstrations of God's existence, leading many scholars to conclude that he represents an unequivocally anti-rationalist perspective. Against such interpretations, this paper will seek to highlight how Climacus' claims track those of the seventeenth century Dutch lens-grinder and rationalist philosopher, Baruch Spinoza. From this, it will be argued that "the wonder" in Climacus' thought takes the form of an indirect, ethico-existentialist argument for the truth of Christianity's incarnate God. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9792 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2019-0003 |
