Reading Kierkegaard on Faith through Johannes Climacus and Johannes De Silentio

Authors

  • Kajornpat Tangyin Kajornpat Tangyin is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Assumption University of Thailand. He can be reached at: kajornpattng@au.edu

Abstract

This paper is concerned with Kierkegaard’s the notion of faith. In reading Kierkegaard’s works one is never sure if they are encountering the real Kierkegaard’s thoughts or merely his pseudonyms. To divine what Kierkegaard means by the notion of faith is not an easy task, as we encounter different perspectives of faith along with his pseudonyms. In this paper I want to focus on his idea on faith through my reading of two pseudonyms; Johannes Climacus and Johannes de Silentio from the books; Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments (CUP) and Fear and Trembling (FT). This paper will first describe the notion of faith from Climacus’ point of view, and secondly on the movement to the leap of faith from Silentio’s point of view. Lastly I will reflect on the difficulties and challenges in reading these two works for those who wish to become Christian.

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