Exam 14: The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

What is Kierkegaard's conception of truth?

Søren Kierkegaard lived with a sense of despair.

At what age did Kierkegaard die?

Against Kant, Kierkegaard held that man could never be his own

For Kierkegaard, what blinds us to existence?

Kierkegaard held that objectivity was difficult.

Kierkegaard wrote in Dutch.

Don Juan was a legendary

Nietzsche wrote that the most pressing question for scholars was to what end their work was useful.

Kierkegaard's ethical man is the

Heschel believed that technological progress creates more problems than it solves.

What is perhaps the most major existential issue?

The ethical stage involves a commitment to

What does Kierkegaard mean by a "leap of faith"? Would such a thing be easy to do?

Kierkegaard was interested in what it means to be a Christian.

Kierkegaard considered objectivity to be a dangerous illusion.

Kierkegaard embraced group salvation.

Kierkegaard said that the question is "what am I to do?"

What is the condition that results when the nature and needs of the individual are denied for the group?

What Enlightenment notion did Kierkegaard believe resulted in despair?