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January 25, 2005
Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard is one of the few philosophers out there who still really interests me. I have read more about what other people think of him than I have of what he actually wrote. I have never actually finished any of his works and I can not think of any other major philosopher where that is true and I have even read complete works by dense writers like Hegel and Kant. I started reading Either/Or a few years ago, but did not get his obsession with Mozart and Don Giovanni. I even watched Don Giovanni one night to try to see why he was making such a big deal out of it. I put Either/Or down and moved on to other books. I seem to agree with Kierkegaard in general although I need to read a lot more of him to make up my mind. I think I agree with his views on choice and his description of what it means to be a Christian in the modern world seems true as well, specifically being born into Christedom is not enough. Would that make Kierkegaard a born again Christian in today's world? I bring Kierkegaard up because I recently finished listening to a short tape series on him in the Giants of Philosophy series that was narrated by none other than Charlton Heston. As soon as I finish with Ball Four I think I may start on Either/Or again.
Posted by Pete at January 25, 2005 10:50 AM
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