Søren Kierkegaard : Either/Or Summary

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[@youtubesoph]

This is the only video that helped me understand Kierkegaard in the simplest way possible, everyone else was just reading what was stated in the book. Thank you so much, you deserve a subscription

[@freeindeed08]

Trying my best to make his long complicated rants make sense! Thanks for the feedback!

[@satnamo]

He who loves himself becomes great in himself. He who loves others becomes great through his devotion. He who loves god becomes greater than all. Das knight of faith is a dancer with high elevation.

[@bundleaxe1922]

I'm commenting at 8:37, seeing this difference now between Subjective Truths and Objective Truths is so cool. It completly breaks the traditional argument that ends up leading nowhere between two people who have no faith because they see no doubt within their beliefs. As Bob Dylan said about his music: the sounds and words of the music was already there, it just took someone to write and compose the songs. Just like with that, there's always been this blindness of faith in these situations that I've been able to sense that something was wrong, but only becuase of this video have I been able to realise what it was. Thank you so much for these summary, as maybe now I'll grasp the book so much better (once I get the book of course).

[@jacquelinesusong3338]

Hey Josh, it's "Sips" from the trail. So great to meet you and Tatiyana out on the trail. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and am very intrigued to read the works of Kierkegaard. Looks like you have some great content on here....I look forward to working my way through it. Praying for you both out on the trail. I'm sure it is providential that you are both out there and have no doubt that God will continue working through you both to evangelize out there........it is full of ripe opportunities to share Christ as there are many seekers out there who are trying to find their way in life and are very lost. I'm thrilled that you all are out there with boldness. I look forward to following your journey. I'm sure there will rarely be a dull moment.....Happy Trails!! (Hope the hand is mending well)

[@anigetx5758]

Nice video dude, I’ve been studying Kierkegaard for a while and really this just connected a lot of doubts and ideas in a way that I’ve been struggling to do, for that my greatest thanks. (Also I find your editing and examples hilarious and approachable, keep it up :)

[@discorabbit]

Excellent job. Thank you for making this!

[@diegosza]

Thanks a lot for you content, I really appreciate it. Kierkegaard brought me to your channel, but I've been listening to your other stuff and I like it a lot. You rethoric is pleasing, deep and simple. God bless!

[@freeindeed08]

Thank you for the encouragement brother. God bless

[@ryanchristopherl]

Brilliant summary & hugely insightful, reading Kierkegaard as a follow of Christ I find that his writings speak to my lived experience in a deep & tangible way, your perspective on his works as a Christian is so rich so thank you for sharing these videos!

[@freeindeed08]

Thank you for the encouragement!

[@juvenalhahne7750]

Ouvi falar de Kierkegaard pela primeira vez aos 18 anos, por uma professora de filosofia, e desde então nunca mais o esqueci. Meu contato direto entretanto com seus livros, com exceção de seus diários, nunca me foi fácil! Kierkegaard, Sem duvida, é um dos autores mais difíceis. Compreende-lo e um desafio a passar por exigências, no tocante sobretudo da parte dos seus pseudônimos, mais que intelectuais conforme se patenteia quanto aos conceitos do salto da fé, da angústia e desespero... Sendo assim, as desistências e recuose em segui-lo também tem me acompanhado desde o início. Desde antes do início da Internet que, de saída, seria como que a comprovação do que ele via como o hedonismo presente é portanto a própria negação da possibilidade da fé! Nestas circunstâncias portanto é da ordem do paradoxo que a mesma Internet veicule vídeos sobre ele... Daí o receio é desconfiança sobre tais conteúdos! Em primeiro lugar, se os mesmos, tipo Kierkegaard facilitado aos que tem pressa, não confirmam o que ele mesmo prévia quanto a sua assimilação futura! Por isso é mais coisas, porém, mas dando um crédito de confiança aqueles tocados no seu íntimo por Kierkegaard, não posso ocultar que tenho, sempre ainda na dúvida, me favorecido pelos que ousam torna-lo acessível aos de hoje, no que de algum modo não estaríamos a trai-lo e a nos mesmos segundo sua concepção da "comunicação indireta"!

[@ConradSaratoga]

I owe a lot of the strength of my faith to Soren Kiekegaard. i really related to his concept of Christian outside of Christendom. He's spot on about how the discussions into faith with other usually ends in hot tempers and misunderstandings. take the leap, my Brothers.

[@Nooreazy]

Im thinking of reading this. Just finished all of Neitzche and feel that Kierkegaard is the next step (to balance things out).

[@freeindeed08]

Kierkegaard will definitely balance things out. Crazy how two men can come to nearly the same nihilistic conclusion and end with such different perspectives.

[@seungk5]

great work!

[@bvoio2831]

I'm looking forward to see the fear and trembling video. Great video btw

[@freeindeed08]

Thank you! Should be out soon! Fear and Trembling is a much harder book to simplify but I’m doing my best!

[@Z4rgabad]

Love your videos and music choice

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

An amazing summary. Thank you. I have only just got into Kierkegaard in my forties. He was never discussed at my school or university, even though he is amazing (a bit like Jung). It is so refreshing to find someone who is as pessimistic as I am and believes in God.

[@freeindeed08]

It is strange to me that he is rarely talked about in school. I found him a while back through a Lutheran friend of mine.

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

@@freeindeed08 My guess is that it is because we are brought up in a secular educational system which has no truck for their ideas, despite the brilliance. Only the likes of Jordan Peterson and others see the significance of these ideas and bring them to the attention of a wider audience.

[@nabilahuda3447]

great video! you have a nice voice and tone for explanations

[@michaelgutierrez9862]

Bravo, that was very well done.

[@minyoungna6642]

Knight of faith reminds me of a quote from my favorite fantasy book of all time, "name of the wind" “Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect." I can certainly say I will never have faith, and will not believe in a divine figure. But I do think everyone should be aware of this concept to rationalize their beliefs. Great video

[@minyoungna6642]

I think to add on, if faith is purely a subjective experience, I do see a sort of parallelism in the language that theists convey. "You are blind to the love of God", as in atheists lack the subjective ability ( 'an eye' ) to feel that religious experience. But then I have to wonder, how much of that person's subjective faith ties in with their objective faith ( i.e growing up in a Christian background, having experienced 'miracles', only associating with other religious individuals ).

[@freeindeed08]

Great quote, it expresses the idea well. I would say, don’t be so certain you will never find faith. I find faith in many of the things I do in life. I have faith that there is a true good in this world that comes from God. I have faith that love is far more than a chemical reaction in my head. I may not know these as a fact but I certainly believe them to be true. One of my favorite movies is “second hand lions” and one of the main characters gives advice for all men. He says something to this sort (not an exact quote), “sometimes you have to believe in something you know may not be true because it is the very thing that just be true in order to keep you going.” In the context he is speaking of love and valor that a man should have.

[@minyoungna6642]

​@@freeindeed08 That's fascinating. I would say that I am a strong believer in social contract ( or whatever, bastardized gen Z version that I made up in my mind ). I believe that society needs a strong set of orders that are imposed only by society. For example, I think everyone deserves equal rights, no matter their sexual orientation, gender race, or whatever little differences are exaggerated. This sense of equality has to be heightened by recognizing oppression on many levels around the world. As an individual, you can only hope for improvement. You have to have some level of belief in the "irrational" sense and plunge yourself into idealism; these orders will become more of the norm. Copium, as would many people call it :D Yet my biggest qualm about the train of thought or religion in large is this is almost a justification of suffering, in the hopes that things will improve in the name of X, or that ultimately we will be rewarded. Makes me think of book of Job. I think in the end, my narrative boils down to this: Is it ultimately a better thing to move on? People tend to align their suffering with a purpose to ease or perhaps eliminate its negative repercussions ( In this case, the leap ). It is seen as a more virtuous thing globally to accept one's circumstances, in both a religious and non-religious context. And my gut reaction is a big No. ( perhaps this will change with more context on kierkegaard's plunge? )

[@freeindeed08]

@@minyoungna6642 That's interesting, I personally find the story of Job completely unsatisfactory in justifying suffering. Maybe I'll do a video on the topic because I find it interesting. God appears to Job at the end and gives no reasoning for allowing the suffering that He did. God basically says, "you are small and stupid and I am big and powerful; therefore, I know better than you." Many commentators point out how unsatisfactory this response is. The whole time we would expect Job to be vindicated and have his suffering explained but it really doesn't turn out that way.

[@oreocarlton3343]

THE ONLY video on KZbin that explains Kierkegaard, rest are regardless of qualifications of the speaker just a bunch of quotes even they don't understand

[@lucflatt8260]

Great video my guy

[@jacobh2147]

Oh how I wish there was more commentary on Kierkegaard

[@abhishekkumar-bt6tu]

Thanks for your video

[@markcornelius8802]

Thanks for this!

[@seekdiscomfort2165]

Loved this, just started either or book so the summary was helpful

[@Eusye7]

Nicely done

[@dylansowers937]

Wow this was the best I have ever heard this explained it is in depth but also simplistic it is the art of simplicity

[@OccamsRazor393]

This is one of my favorite books, Thankyou so much for this!

[@dap4699]

Very well explained.

[@curberybible3823]

I just created a new playlist and made it public, called, “Great philosophers reviewed by non-mutedonkey Christians”. This video is its first member. Thank you. I laughed too!

[@notcrackerjack]

oh my God, I love the phrase "mutedonkey Christians." Am I sure of what it means? No. But am I gonna use it? Yes, yes I am

[@dhruvaveldi]

Dude the music is dope. Goldilocks!

[@Muzzlepaint]

Excellent basic overview

[@FreeJulianAssange23]

Best summary I ever heard

[@hanskung3278]

Pascal had helped me more than Kierkegaard as far as doubt/faith....Pascal helped me deal with the doubt by showing what I have to win by RISKING faith, I gain everything.

[@abrahamnunez100]

Awesome

[@kevinflynnn6720]

Clear and Interneting，thank you brother😊 (comment from China)

[@etofok]

I just made a vid related to Kierkegaard and started to look for more information on him. This is a fantastic video! Really cool thoughts as well, thanks a lot for exposure! PREACH

[@freeindeed08]

He’s an interesting guy. I wish I learned about him in school.

[@etofok]

@@freeindeed08 I'm afraid learning this in school is counterproductive for what schools are for

[@Babylungmusic]

Keep up the great videos man!!

[@ronnieortiljr.226]

nice video. the summary is good and very comprehensible. thank you for your work. it helped me understand better Kierkegaard's Christian existentialism. it helped me a lot in my study.

[@stressorprofessor]

Well done. Thanks for saving me from having to read the book XD My argument to what you've depicted is that the rational conclusion to the extremes of pleasure without ethic and ethic without pleasure is not to toss up your hands and give it all to a fantastical deity, but simply to learn how to balance the polarities. Yin/yang. I'll stop there for now. Cheers :)

[@icedtea4924]

Wait what- my main problem with god is that he lets people suffer for no reason. How can I trust and put faith in someone who goes against my morals? Actually this quote from Epicurus explains it pretty well. “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?”

[@freeindeed08]

Very interesting you say that because my next video is on the problem of evil so stay tuned.

[@icedtea4924]

@@freeindeed08 nice, looking forward to it!

[@thebigredwagon]

Life is suffering. God as an ideal gives you the opportunity to transcend that suffering. If one of your highest moral precepts is the task of eliminating all suffering then you will inevitably destroy all resilience with it.

[@icedtea4924]

@@thebigredwagon you're so close! why does life have to be suffering? Happiness not being able to exist without suffering is a human(technically most sentient beings) concept. God is not a human concept at least according to believers. But if you would rather use human logic then I'm not saying all of suffering is pointless. The problem is why do some people have to experience FAR more suffering than others? For ex, a mentally sane person living in a nice family with their basic needs met suffer much less than a mentally insane person living alone in poverty etc... does this make sense

[@thebigredwagon]

@@icedtea4924 firstly, why would you think a person unable to perceive reality would be having a worse time than someone who can? My grandmother had dementia and the only times are saw her suffer were not when she was reliving past events and talking to me like I was an old friend come to visit. it was when she had a moment of clarity and realised they were all dead.

[@filipzawada7971]

Wow that was unexpected Me chilling watching english youtube, and then boom christian youtuber Niceee

[@faithsf]

This is such a very insightful summary. I highly recommend listening to this before you read through the book. Well explained. Thank you!

[@daniellevy2272]

I can say that God exists without a doubt because... I simply am not able to doubt it. I don't live a religious life but to me God's existance is the ultimate truth, which makes no sense to doubt in

[@dieseligewissenschaft]

This was an excellent summary, thanks very much! I think after C.S. Lewis Kierkegaard is one of the heaviest influences on my thinking, particularly his insights about the appropriation of truth. Nevertheless, I have also taken some issue with his fideistic leanings. Interestingly, I think the difference between us is more of terminology than of actual substance, but as anyone steeped in a bit of philosophy knows, terminological differences can ultimately *become* substantial differences. It may even be that Kierkegaard didn't really mean to be fully fideistic, but it is how he is interpreted by many. I don't think namely that having objective evidence for thinking the existence of God to be the more probable explanation of reality is the problem, but rather the unwillingness to surrender the subject (the ego) to *being*. People (including me in the past) attempt to come into the fold of "truth", so to speak, by the wrong door of unending evidences. You cannot enter into truth by convincing yourself with ever more arguments while you sit back and wait for it to show up with supernatural power in your heart and mind. You have to give up yourself. Truly, it requires jumping off that cliff of the subjective and saying "Christ have mercy on me, I am all yours. I trust you." Even if you have reasons to believe that God exists, this is hard, because it is truly a self surrender (the best evidence for which being that many people who have such excellent objective evidences for God are often those who still don't seem to be able to do it). Nevertheless, insisting that one has a reason to know which direction to jump in (as there are many) does not contradict this general emphasis on the need for a surrendered subjectivity.

[@entonvjero3103]

Thank you so much ... Great content on a great Character... have you ever connected Kierkegaard to Enlightenment ? Jed Mckenna seems to have been influenced a lot by Kierkegaard... Do you know Jed Mckenna ? And what Kierkegaard refers to as Faith in God seems to me to be the same as Jed Mckenna talks about befriending Death and the Stoics also have a lot of material about Death Awareness which seems exactly this Leap of Faith... or to give give you anothr analogy from Ernest Becker on "Denail of Death" talks about transference... and the center of the ego... from my readings it comes out that we need to take out fear of death from our center and put in there Death Awareness and Faith (Kieerkegard) once we live in Death Awareness as our center than our Breaths becomes the most important thing and we lower all other anxieties to zero and slowly ego is destroyed... a bit of a heavy comment eh 😛😛 🤣🤣 .... let me know what you think ... p.s. i think Kieerkegaard formula is a really good map for enlightenemnt... p.s. i got more book references if you need 😉

[@freeindeed08]

I have always said that the Stoics are as close to Christianity in terms of the way they live their life than any other philosophy but their views of god/spirituality are off base compared to Christianity. I would not consider myself to be enlightened and Kierkegaard wouldn't consider himself enlightened either. All of his writings are very Christian, maybe more so than any other philosopher I've ever read. Some of his writings are akin more to expository than philosophical at times.

[@monsterjesse]

that was great

[@noahsnyder3196]

Amazing stuff. It is a funny thing how quick we are to dismiss ideas before understanding their nuance. You surely have helped me and others by bringing more clarity to Kierkegaard's ideas. I just finished Notes from the Underground by Dostoevsky and I'm sure you would find it interesting. Based on Kierkegaard's way of framing things, I think Notes from the Underground could be described as exploring the effects that attempting to live only by objective truths has on yourself and your relationships. Based on what I've read about Dostoevsky's background, I think he knew exactly what he was doing by leading people to God. Excited to watch your other videos and read more Kierkegaard! Thank you and have a great day!!!

[@keepbreathing1309]

Maybe he was speaking more to the juxtaposition of being born into a collective consciousness (or mental imprisonment) that give you the choice of belonging or not belonging, yet little more beyond?....

[@onurarkan1935]

it doesnt reflect Kierkegaard real mind or thought nor they are just a characters. It reflects the steps of his concept and his concept gives a birth for other concept of anxiety

[@isaiahstevenson4429]

nice

[@zubairuddinhussaini5388]

I wish i had all of his Books in Persisch.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Salutations Sincères.

[@christolliday3054]

Brilliant book part 2 though very hard to find

[@keepbreathing1309]

Also, maybe søren recognized that everything dies and henceforth live first...

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Great video ... Except for the quite debasing imagery. If you must use images, let them be as symbols for the way out of the cave; not hideous fetters bindingly. Just a thought my friend. You are talented. Peace to you.

[@beltwayroad]

Mate I thought this was a summary, lol, up to 5:38, ten to go!

[@beltwayroad]

Perhaps, since it's now 8:38, I just want to get from A to B

[@beltwayroad]

Ah, 11:38 and its neither A or B

[@hanskung3278]

Please do a Pascal vid

[@christinezaslavsky647]

I wish Jordan Peterson understood SK like you do.

[@RuthParodies]

Why on 00:30 you used the word 'women' as a word on the pillars?

[@freeindeed08]

Many men build their identity around womanizing

[@RuthParodies]

@@freeindeed08 Using the word women sounds like the wrong word to use because danger of interpretation.. I interpretated it differently for example + it seems focused from the men-perspective. For me the word 'women' is not relevant as a woman. Please include both the sexes..

[@freeindeed08]

@@RuthParodies No. Kierkegaard only speaks from the male perspective. Everyone else seems to be able to interpret it just fine.

[@justinmodessa5444]

So the second guy is judge vilhelm and he is a Christian who believes in God. He authentically defines himself as someone who believes in God. This let's him then choose to be good or evil. His life is not just ethical but most importantly based on his belief in God. I think you could have framed it better by putting it in these terms. Instead of just describing him as "ethical"

[@DrHowbeit]

Does faith alone tell you which god/religion to believe in?

[@freeindeed08]

No. Kierkegaard doesn't spend much time at all proving Christianity to be true (at least not in the works I've read by him). I'd recommend something like Pensees by Pascal if you want a more 'evidence/proof' type of book for Christianity. There are plenty of books on the topic but Pensees is the most interesting and humorous for me.

[@DrHowbeit]

@@freeindeed08 Thanks for the reading suggestions. I wonder though how it would be possible for Kierkegaard (or anyone else) to choose faith and to be ethical. Is it not necessary to reason in order to separate one god/religion from all the other? And if so, are you not guided by rational thinking rather than faith?

[@freeindeed08]

@@DrHowbeit Yeah that's an interesting distinction. I can't speak for Kierkegaard on the matter completely but what I've often said is, we can use our reason to decide which religion appears to be correct but just knowing which is correct does not give you faith. Faith itself is beyond reason and this is where I'd agree with Kierkegaard. I did a video on Fear and Trembling that might help with this idea too.

[@johnnysalter7072]

What is the best translation?

[@freeindeed08]

I read the penguin classic

[@taylornovia8911]

All is vanity except God

[@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter]

Couldn't watch the video after your first sentence.

[@freeindeed08]

Kierkegaard is a Christian

[@godsstrength7129]

There's nothing wrong with his 1st sentence.

[@godsstrength7129]

Jordan Peterson sounds like he has incorporated these ideas. But he is still struggling with finding the religious solution. He has had arguments with the scholastic christians who try to use reason as the way to God whereas Jordan is smart enough to know only faith leads to true religiosity. Hopefully he will figure this out soon before it's too late.

[@lovinNBA]

Good video, but I must give a comment: Kierkegaard didn't see doubt as opposite, in a dialectical relationship, to faith, but rather scandal cf. The Sickness Unto Death. Faith-Scandal, not Faith-Doubt.

[@kevinflynnn6720]

Clear and Interneting，thank you brother😊 (comment from China)