EDUCATIONAL GIANT:SOREN KEIRKEGAARD

Philosopher, Poet, religious Author, Theologian, and Social Critic

EARLY LIFE

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orn in 1813 in Copenhagen

Denmark

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aised in a religious family

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is father was an intensely

religious man but be believed his

sins had condemned his children

to die before the age of 33

C

openhagen University

EDUCATION

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ducated at Borgerdydskolen, a

boys school

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ttended Copenhagen University

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tudied philosophy and theology

SOREN AND REIGNE

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n 1837 Soren met Reigne Olsen

3

years later in 1839 he proposed

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lmost a year later he broke off

the engagement claiming to be

unfit for marriage

WRITINGS

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oren Kierkegaard wrote in the

field of psychology, religious

works, poetry and philosophical

papers

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mployed literary methods such

as irony, humor, satire, polemic,

and parady.

PHILOSOPHY

“

What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills

that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find truth…to find the idea for

which I am to live and die”-Soren Keirkegaard

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elief that the individual is important and has a purpose

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oncerned with finding truth.

PHILOSOPHY

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ndirect communication in writing

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nspired by the teachings of Christ and Socrates, it encourage in the

reader self-reflection

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ntentionally confusing, and contained riddles

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ncourages a way of thinking that would help people come to their

own conclusions.

EXISTENTIALISM

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ndividual has choices

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evolts against social control over the individual/despises conformity

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ndividual determines their development in life through choices.

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mphasizes uniqueness

EXISTENTIALISM IN EDUCATION

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tudents are encouraged to decide for themselves what is true

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ppreciation of the individual and awareness of self comes before

subject matter

S

tudents have more control over what they learn

H

umanities emphasized

EXISTENTIALISM IN EDUCATION

S

tudents are encouraged to decide for themselves what is true

A

ppreciation of the individual and awareness of self comes before

subject matter

S

tudents have more control over what they learn

H

umanities emphasized