Kierkegaard vs. Aquinas
Aquinas
Kierkegaard
Faith
Reason
Faith
Reason
The ethical is less [difficult] than the religious.
Faith is singular, absurd, and incomprehensible.
Faith should keep you unnerved.
Faith is harder than ethical choice.
Ethics ≠ faith or religion
Reason and faith can exist hand in hand.
Revelation does not contradict reason.
Just because you don't understand something, doesn't mean it's not true.
Believes in an end that will point to religion.
Pushes for critical inquiry of the world.
Wisdom helps you understand the purpose of the world = God's purpose = helps you understand/be closer to God
".. the final good that transcends the power of nature, namely life eternal, by which of course, not simply survival but the vision of God" (316).
"..the theologian receives his principles as revealed and considers the objects with which he deals as revealed and considers the objects with which he deals as revealed or deducible from what is revealed.." (313).
"...the philosopher apprehends his principles by reason alone and considers the objects with which he deals, not as revealed but as apprehensible and apprehended by the natural light of reason.." (313).
Truths from revelation.
Truths from human reasoning.
"...faith must be made continually on the strength of the absurd, though in such a way, be it noted, that one does not lose finitude but gains it all of a piece."
"Philosophy cannot and should not give us an account of faith, but should understand itself and know just what it has indeed to offer, without taking anything away..."
Contradictions can exist. Two things that do not make sense can be true with infinite resignation.
Kierk accepts he can not know all but knows everything will make sense.
"The ethical expression for what Abraham did is that he was willing to murder Isaac.."
"...the religious expression is that he was willing to sacrifice Isaac"
"..contradiction lies the very anguish that can indeed make one sleepless.."