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This 7 page paper discusses Søren Kierkegaard’s contribution to thinking about spiritual growth. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of experience, but its more usually thought of in terms of the concepts advanced by Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, who posited that the universe is purposeless and that man must oppose
this hostile environment through the use of his free will.1 Its somewhat surprising, therefore, to find Kierkegaard so passionately committed to Christian faith; one would tend to assume that he
would be an atheist, but not so; he writes eloquently about mans relationship with God. This paper discusses how important Kierkegaards ideas, as expressed in the three "stadier" and
two "confiniums," are to the idea of spiritual growth. Definitions The first thing we need to do is find out exactly what "stadier" and "confiniums" are, and I
found them on the Web, courtesy of one Hans Aaen, who tells us that Kierkegaard was a practical philosopher as opposed to the school of German speculative philosophy represented by
Hegel.2 Kierkegaard says that every person acts many roles in life, but "the only one you can choose to be is yourself."3 Furthermore, Aaen says that Kierkegaard posited
three stages ("stadier") of living: the aesthetical, the ethical, and the religious; in between these stages are two "confiniums"-Irony (which comes between aesthetics and ethics) and Humour (which comes
between ethics and religion.4 Because this seems whimsical at best and cumbersome, even nonsensical at worst, Im very glad to hear that these stages dont occur in order, nor
is there any "harmonious development leading from one stage to another, but a jump or even despair."5 During each of the five stages, Kierkegaard invented the pseudonyms under which
he wrote his books, apparently tackling whatever subject interested him at the time.6 Because of this randomness, it becomes easier to understand the implications of Kierkegaards work for our
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