Understanding Existentialism: Søren Kierkegaard

In this video, Professor Thorsby offers an overview of the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard is an important philosopher in the history of existentialism. In this video, Mark discusses passages and ideas from two of Kierkegaard's works: "Fear and Trembling" and "Sickness Unto Death".

Citations in the video are taken from "The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy - After Kant: The Interpretive Tradition", Edited by Richard Schacht (New York: New York, 2017). You can find the book here:

Lastly, feel free to view the slides from the video here:

Thank you for watching and for your support.

[swishplays]

Love that you are back sir! I’ve recently started your playlist on introduction to philosophy and it’s been an amazing blessing thanks.

[m.rebman]

Mark, this is an astoundingly clear exposition of (especially) Frygt og Baeven. You nailed the concept of faith. I hope you can resume your podcasts and there is peace and prosperity for you and your family. My compliments!

[NT-ykgk]

Welcome back I really missed your explanations

[keidlaww]

Thank you!!! Great lecture to clarify the origins of despair and the existence of the self through philosophy of Kierkegaard.

[danielpemberton]

Thanks for being back Mark! - a long-time fan.

[rayspickler]

It's great to see you back, and your selection is right on point for me. I've been watching lectures on philosophy for the past 18 months, and seen most of yours. I'm about to start reading Either-Or, and here you are talking about SK. He seems to be closest to my beliefs on both philosophy and faith. Thanks for producing another lecture!

[rerite]

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[paulrxxxmann]

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[dharmapalsharma]

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[hanskung]

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