Searching for Own Self: on the Boundary between the Ethical and Religious Stage

• Main Author: Zuzana BLAŽEKOVÁ
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Pedagogical University of Cracow 2012-12-01
• Series: Argument : Biannual Philosophical Journal
• Subjects: instant; leap; boundary; individual; god; Either/Or
• Online Access: http://argumentwp.vipserv.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/pdfv2n2/08-argument_vol-2-2012_nr-2_Blazekova.pdf

In the article the author deals with an analysis of Kierkegaard`s categories of ‘leap’ and ‘instant’which predicate of human existence in some way. Man as an original and unique being in himselfis hard, apprehensible and effable. Kierkegaard`s in some sense existential philosophy offersa conspicuous reflection of man and his inner life. The method of indirect communicationused by Kierkegaard indicates that if we want to grasp the phenomenon of human existencewe have to manage with only an indirect and particular assumption. Even a concrete man isnot able to grasp his existence in a whole way and at any time. There is only one place wherethe possibility of self-understanding and self-ownership becomes open. This is the boundaryor range of the ethical and religious stage of life. That is the reason why the aim of the articlebecomes a quest for an answer to the question: ‘What happens on the boundary between theethical and the religious?’