Episode 48: Søren Kierkegaard
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Episode 48: Søren Kierkegaard
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In our very first episode dedicated entirely to a single philosopher, we explore the life and mind of the "melancholy Dane" and the godfather of existentialism: Søren Kierkegaard. Moving away from the grand, objective systems of thinkers like Hegel, Kierkegaard argued that "truth is subjectivity" and forced us to confront the agonising reality of individual choice.
Join Daniel as we dissect Kierkegaard's unique psychological frameworks, examining how a tragic family history and a deliberately broken heart shaped modern philosophy.
In this episode, we cover:
The cultural backdrop of the Danish Golden Age and Kierkegaard’s rebellion against the State Church.
The impact of his father's religious melancholy and his doomed romance with Regine Olsen.
The Three Stages on Life's Way: The Aesthetic, the Ethical, and the Religious.
A deep dive into his 1843 masterpiece, Fear and Trembling, exploring the "teleological suspension of the ethical" through the story of Abraham and Isaac.
The terrifying freedom of anxiety (angst) and the anatomy of despair.
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