Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard outlines his interpretation of Christian psychology and philosophy in several works, including Either/Or, A Fragment of Life and Fear and Trembling. Throughout these writings, there are several indispensable themes. Kierkegaard proposes an evaluation of spheres of human existence, first introducing esthetic, and following with ethical, religiousness A, and Christian spheres. These spheres or realms exemplify a sort of continuum, of which is a logical progression, yet a person is constantly shifting between the realms. To say that a person, or self in Kierkegaard’s terms, shifts does not imply that the self reverts to previous spheres. In this regard, the continual shift of mindset, Kierkegaard foreshadows a rudimentary sketch of developmental psychology in humans.
However, the spheres of existence are not separate entities. In order to relate mental processes to physical activities, Kierkegaard explains the idea of a mediator. “Man is a synthesis of the psychical and the physical; however, a synthesis is unthinkable …show more content…
In this piece, Kierkegaard’s pseudonym uses Mozart’s male lead from Don Giovanni to exemplify several ideas about language and later on as to why music and language are similar mediums in their spirituality. The character mentions that language receives its qualification through spirit, therefore it is the most appropriate medium to convey ideas. This pseudonym is portraying language as a spoken communication of thoughts and beliefs, while noting that music is the resonance of