Coming into existence : the theme of movement in Kierkegaard's writing
My thesis examines the theme of movement in Kierkegaard's writing, focusing on his three 1843 pseudonymous works (<i>Either/Or, Fear and Trembling </i>and <i>Repetition</i>). As a background to my interpretations of these texts, I begin by tracing the history of movement as a philosophical question, from the ancient Greek debates about the possibility of motion to Hegel's presentation of the dialectical method and the principle of mediation. I am to show how Kierkegaard's preoccupation with movement was, to some extent, responding to the philosophies of Aristotle and Hegel. In engaging with these thinkers, Kierkegaard was contributing to a debate on the principles of contradiction and mediation amongst Danish intellectuals (in particular theologians such as Mynster and Martensen) during the 1830s and early 1840s; and my research includes analysis of some of the primary texts of this debate. Having explored the philosophical and theological significance of movement in this way, I present readings of each of the three 1843 texts. My chapter on <i>Either/Or </i>argues that the theme of movement functions to distinguish between the aesthetic and ethical forms of existence: the aesthetic expresses himself using
Carlisle, C.
Coming into existence : the theme of movement in Kierkegaard's writing. My thesis examines the theme of movement in Kierkegaard's writing, focusing on his three 1843 pseudonymous works (<i>Either/Or, Fear and Trembling </i>and <i>Repetition</i>). As a background to my interpretations of these texts, I begin by tracing the history of movement as a philosophical question, from the ancient Greek debates about the possibility of motion to Hegel's presentation of the dialectical method and the principle of mediation. I am to show how Kierkegaard's preoccupation with movement was, to some extent, responding to the philosophies of Aristotle and Hegel. In engaging with these thinkers, Kierkegaard was contributing to a debate on the principles of contradiction and mediation amongst Danish intellectuals (in particular theologians such as Mynster and Martensen) during the 1830s and early 1840s; and my research includes analysis of some of the primary texts of this debate. Having explored the philosophical and theological significance of movement in this way, I present readings of each of the three 1843 texts. My chapter on <i>Either/Or </i>argues that the theme of movement functions to distinguish between the aesthetic and ethical forms of existence: the aesthetic expresses himself using
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