| Born | 5 May 1813 Copenhagen, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Died | 11 November 1855 (aged 42) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Reading Søren Kierkegaard "The Present Age"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard#The_Corsair_Affair
Kierkegaard writes that "the present age is essentially a sensible age, devoid of passion [...] The trend today is in the direction of mathematical equality, so that in all classes about so and so many uniformly make one individual".[87] In this, Kierkegaard attacked the conformity and assimilation of individuals into "the crowd"[88] which became the standard for truth, since it was the numerical.
As part of his analysis of the "crowd", Kierkegaard accused newspapers of decay and decadence
Truth comes to a single individual, not all people at one and the same time. Just as truth comes to one individual at a time so does love.
On page 39 in the footnote this caught my eye "Corsair, the paper in which Kierkegaard was lampooned."
Corsair, a Danish satirical paper that lampooned everyone of notable standing
Its such an odd word, rhymes with harpoon. What comes to mind for me is National Lampoon so I looked it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampoon_(disambiguation)
Lampoon may refer to one of the following:
- Parody
- Amphol Lampoon (born 1963), Thai actor and singer
- The Harvard Lampoon, a noted humor magazine
- National Lampoon (magazine), a defunct offshoot of Harvard Lampoon
- National Lampoon, Incorporated, a 2002 company
- National Lampoon (magazine), a defunct offshoot of Harvard Lampoon
According to Aristotle (Poetics, ii. 5), Hegemon of Thasos was the inventor of a kind of parody; by slightly altering the wording in well-known poems he transformed the sublime into the ridiculous.
Under Canadian law, although there is protection for Fair Dealing, there is no explicit protection for parody and satire
Parody is by no means necessarily satirical, and may sometimes be done with respect and appreciation of the subject involved, while not being a heedless sarcastic attack.
Parody has also been used to facilitate dialogue between cultures or subcultures. Sociolinguist Mary Louise Pratt identifies parody as one of the "arts of the contact zone", through which marginalized or oppressed groups "selectively appropriate", or imitate and take over, aspects of more empowered cultures.[30]
Guys we know
Shakespeare often uses a series of parodies to convey his meaning. In the social context of his era, an example can be seen in King Lear where the fool is introduced with his coxcomb to be a parody of the king.
http://www.shmoop.com/king-lear/the-fool.html
The Fool
Character Analysis
The Fool is Lear's own stand-up comedian, sure, but more interestingly, he's the only guy that Lear allows to criticize him. (Remember, when Kent lips off, Lear boots him out of the kingdom and when Lear doesn't like what Cordelia has to say, Lear disowns her altogether.)
As in many of Shakespeare's plays, the Fool is actually really smart – and the only person who tells it like it is.
not afraid to call misguided masters "foolish" and function as character that provides a lot of social commentary.
The Fool is more than just a funny and brutally honest guy; he's also loyal. Along with Kent/Caius, the Fool braves the elements (which at times consist of rain, thunder, and lightning) with his master.
But the Fool is also a big mystery: what happens to him? He disappears after Act 3, Scene 6, and nobody ever explains where he's gone. The only possible reference to the Fool after that is in the final scene, when King Lear says "And my poor fool is hanged" (5.3.17). This could mean a couple of things: 1) Lear might be referring to Cordelia with a pet name, "fool," since Cordelia has just been hanged by Edmund's goons. 2) Lear could be literally talking about his Fool – perhaps the Fool was also hanged by Edmund's henchmen or, perhaps he hung himself out of despair. It's hard to say what really happens to the Fool. Some literary critics even speculate that the Fool and Cordelia were played by the same actor. They never appear onstage together, so some scholars hypothesized that the part was double cast, and that the Fool had to disappear when Cordelia came back into the play.
One person with two personalities - like the pseudonym phenomena in authorship.
As in many of Shakespeare's plays, the Fool is actually really smart – and the only person who tells it like it is.
not afraid to call misguided masters "foolish" and function as character that provides a lot of social commentary.
The Fool is more than just a funny and brutally honest guy; he's also loyal. Along with Kent/Caius, the Fool braves the elements (which at times consist of rain, thunder, and lightning) with his master.
But the Fool is also a big mystery: what happens to him? He disappears after Act 3, Scene 6, and nobody ever explains where he's gone. The only possible reference to the Fool after that is in the final scene, when King Lear says "And my poor fool is hanged" (5.3.17). This could mean a couple of things: 1) Lear might be referring to Cordelia with a pet name, "fool," since Cordelia has just been hanged by Edmund's goons. 2) Lear could be literally talking about his Fool – perhaps the Fool was also hanged by Edmund's henchmen or, perhaps he hung himself out of despair. It's hard to say what really happens to the Fool. Some literary critics even speculate that the Fool and Cordelia were played by the same actor. They never appear onstage together, so some scholars hypothesized that the part was double cast, and that the Fool had to disappear when Cordelia came back into the play.
One person with two personalities - like the pseudonym phenomena in authorship.
Søren Kierkegaard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
He is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher
He assigned pseudonyms to explore particular viewpoints in-depth, which required several books in some instances, while Kierkegaard, openly or under another pseudonym, critiqued that position.
I've been thinking of giving myself a starbucks name to use for my coffee order
Woman we know
Charlotte Bronte and Currer Bell
The scientist can learn about the world by observation but Kierkegaard emphatically denied that observation could reveal the inner workings of the spiritual world
I was thinking about Nietzche's idea about forgetting the past. But you have to have experience and have memory of the past before you can forget it.
Experience, action, for me is what creates memories.
CRITICAL
Kierkegaard said, "What I really need to do is to get clear about "what am I to do", not what I must know". He wanted to "lead a completely human life and not merely one of knowledge
Some of Kierkegaard's key ideas include the concept of "Truth as Subjectivity", the knight of faith, the recollection and repetition dichotomy, angst, the infinite qualitative distinction, faith as a passion, and the three stages on life's way. Kierkegaard's writings were written in Danish and were initially limited in Scandinavia, but by the turn of the 20th century, his writings were translated into major European languages, such as French and German. By the mid-20th century, his thought exerted a substantial influence on philosophy,[14] theology,[15] and Western culture.[16]
The Knight of Faith peaked my interest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_of_faith
The knight of faith is an individual who has placed complete faith in himself and in God and can act freely and independently from the world. The 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard vicariously discusses the knight of faith in several of his pseudonymic works, with the most in-depth and detailed critique exposited in Fear and Trembling and in Repetition.
Johannes de Silentio, Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author of Fear and Trembling, argues that the knight of faith is the paradox, is the individual, absolutely nothing but the individual, without connections or pretensions. The knight of faith is the individual who is able to gracefully embrace life: Kierkegaard put it this way in Either/Or, "When around one everything has become silent, solemn as a clear, starlit night, when the soul comes to be alone in the whole world, then before one there appears, not an extraordinary human being, but the eternal power itself, then the heavens open, and the I chooses itself or, more correctly, receives itself. Then the personality receives the accolade of knighthood that ennobles it for an eternity."[1] "The knight of faith is the only happy man, the heir to the finite while the knight of resignation is a stranger and an alien."[2]
Guys we know
Johannes de Silentio believes that Abraham , from Genesis, one such knight of faith.
Silentio personally believes that only two people were ever knights of faith: The Virgin Mary, and Abraham. It is also possible that Silentio regards Jesus as a knight of faith.
The Knight of Faith is a man or woman of action. Abraham became a Knight of Faith because he voluntarily lifted the knife to sacrifice Isaac. Mary was a Knight of Faith because she volunteered to have Jesus. Jesus became a Knight of Faith because he voluntarily went to the cross.
A person can become a Knight of Faith by acting without certainty
Three stages of life
Stage One: Aesthetic
Stage Two: Ethical
Stage Three: Religious
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