The Germans: Kierkegaard

A review of the work and life of this unique thinker who has exerted an amazing influence on modern philosophy. Delivered by Wesley Cecil PhD. at Peninsula College

[adamokolicsanyi]

Love this plain and understandable language, these lectures are just great.

[jessewallaceable]

People will be listening to this in 100 years. Incredible job.

[frankyslas]

The vast majority of people will willingly and happily give up their freedom if it means they obtain certainty, security, and comfort. I do think Kierkegaard was correct in the assertion that freedom induces anxiety because with complete freedom comes complete responsibility.

[JH-fzhc]

The is one of the best lectures on Kierkegaard.

[wezzuh]

Denmark was not a backwater at the time of Shakespeare. The actual reason he set Hamlet in Denmark, is because the story was derivative of a much older tale which originated there. The first written rendition of the story is found in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (Chronicle of the Danes), the first written history of Denmark.

[FormsInSpace]

correction : "being and nothingness" is sarte not heidegger. heidegger is "being and time"

[sachinaraszkiewicz]

I cannot get enough of the way the lectures show how the human and the thought intertwine.

[pianomanhere]

Around 23:00 -- Sartre wrote "Being and Nothingness" but Heidegger wrote "Being and Time."

[davidcummings]

What a fascinating thinker bar socrates possibly the greatest ironist. He had an unusual way of creating disjunctive sentences to create cadences, even sonic reverb . He wasn't a philosopher of eloquent wit or intricate nuances, if anything, he was a tad blunt . But he cultivated a method of making the point realised by not emphasising the point being made . He once said something critical about the contradictory nature of the Danish Lutheran churches' stance on charity . I read it once 30 yrs ago, and it still continues reverberating in my head .

[matmoly]

Just a small correction. Denmark was going through its Golden Age during the time Kierkegaard was alive, it certainly wasn't a land no one knew about. It was a hub for art, literature, and even philosophy and I would argue he was relatively well known in Germany while he was still alive, although I agree he was not taken very seriously and even characterized by his peers.

[End-Result]

Brilliant analysis. Also love the comparison with Stirner. Very on point.

[juvenalhahne]

Você parece muito seguro em falar de Kierkegaard a partir de uma perspectiva toda sua que eu, pessoalmente, tenho dificuldade em aceitar.
Para mim, Kierkegaard continua sendo meu maior desafio. Consequentemente, qualquer tratamento do que ele foi e é se me interessa, sem duvida, deixa-me igualmente apreensivo.

[garymorgan]

But he was great antagonist Hegel was German !

[justinpaul]

This was eye opening. I never realized that this guy's enormous footprint on our thinking.

[alanhere]

He's saying "The measure is always god, giving a bases for argument, which is passion, which is important and human." But then he doesn't really believe?

[johncalligeros]

You suggest the Reformation was the first cleavage in the Christian Church but well before the Reformation, it had already suffered a monumental schism into East and West: the split in 1054 between Greek speaking and Latin speaking Christendoms. Also Heidegger is not the author of 'Being And Nothingness' (L'Etre et le Neant); it was Sartre. (23.20). Heidegger wrote 'Being and Time' ('Sein und Zeit').

[JabbarRafique]

Thank you. I’m sure I’m going to enjoy this series too.

[TheWhitehiker]

Clear but cogent--great change from other presentations from academe on K.

[sealedindictment]

Droppin’ som’ mo’ philosophy/history heat fo’ the 2020

[yashaisreal]

Would you ever get around to doing Albert Camus?