I was raised on Cartesian solipsism and later worked in the analytic tradition. I studied Kierkegaard in graduate school to ask questions that the analytical approach could not even entertain. I relate to the inwardness and the role of the self in the organization of experience.
Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction to modern life's challenges 01:21 - Søren Kierkegaard's insights on modernity 01:51 - Course overview: Kierkegaard’s life and works 03:01 - Kierkegaard’s influence across disciplines 04:01 - Exploring relativism in "The Concept of Irony" 05:53 - Understanding irony in Kierkegaard’s philosophy 07:04 - Kierkegaard’s Socratic task and inspiration 08:10 - Kierkegaard’s early life and education 09:22 - Kierkegaard’s childhood in Copenhagen 11:09 - Family background and religious upbringing 12:24 - Schooling and introduction to Socrates 14:26 - Structure of "The Concept of Irony" 16:09 - Hegel’s influence on Kierkegaard’s Socrates 18:05 - Socrates as a central figure in Kierkegaard’s work 19:32 - Socratic irony in Plato’s "Euthyphro" 22:53 - Aporia in Socratic dialogues 25:38 - Socrates and the sophists 28:26 - Socrates as the gadfly of Athens 32:10 - Socrates’s daimon and divine mission 34:17 - Socratic midwifery and innate ideas 36:09 - Interview with Professor Peter Schua 39:45 - Kierkegaard’s Christian perspective today 41:42 - "Fear and Trembling" and non-Christian sources 43:15 - Kierkegaard’s thesis and self-discovery 45:18 - Kierkegaard as the Socrates of Copenhagen
"he didnt have many friends which was probably due to the fact he had a tendency to tease and antagonise his fellow students with his superior intellect , he enjoyed soundly refuting their arguemnets making them look silly, unfortuanlyy since he wasnt the largest boy in his class his provocations had the consequence of him getting beat" idol
'' the concept of dread is the possibility of freedom ''Kierkegaard . SK understood the burden of free will and need to make the leap of faith into the harsh landscape of becoming a true christian practionier
Lecture 1: The Life and Work of Kierkegaard as a “Socratic Task”