Kierkegaard on Socrates' daimonion
In this article, I argue that Kierkegaard's interpretation of Socrates' daimonion in The Concept of Irony should be read in light of his notion of the demonic in The Concept of Anxiety, and vice versa. Whereas the first should primarily be seen as an exemplification of philosophical transc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2020
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 87-100 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Socrates 469 BC-399 BC
/ Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
/ Daimonion
/ Anxiety
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology TB Antiquity TJ Modern history VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Demonic
B Socrates' daimonion B Anxiety B Irony |
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| Summary: | In this article, I argue that Kierkegaard's interpretation of Socrates' daimonion in The Concept of Irony should be read in light of his notion of the demonic in The Concept of Anxiety, and vice versa. Whereas the first should primarily be seen as an exemplification of philosophical transcendental consciousness, the second assumes a more strictly moral' connotation (anxiety about the good'). If the notion of the demonic in The Concept of Anxiety draws upon the Socratic daimonion in The Concept of Irony, this will have implications for philosophy and science in so far as they take a transcendental consciousness for granted. However, Kierkegaard's continued reference to, if not identification with, Socrates, prevents us from immobilising Kierkegaard's own' philosophy, as though the Socratic position can ever be definitively overcome. The enclosed reserve' of the demonic is rather philosophy's weak spot. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2019.1649602 |