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A leap of faith, according to Kierkegaard, involves circularity as the leap is made by faith. [5] In his book Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard describes the leap: "Thinking can turn toward itself in order to think about itself and skepticism can emerge. But this thinking about itself never accomplishes anything."
May 28, 2006 · Whether or not he has a theory as such, the concept of a leap is appropriately associated with the name of Kierkegaard, since the leap is a structural element that winds its way throughout his whole authorship: it informs his various accounts of the peculiar character of transitions between radically different ways of life as well as his ...
- M. Jamie Ferreira
- 1997
May 22, 2023 · Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was an astonishingly prolific writer whose work—almost all of which was written in the 1840s—is difficult to categorize, spanning philosophy, theology, religious and devotional writing, literary criticism, psychology and social critique.
Nov 21, 2023 · Learn about Kierkegaard's Leap of Faith. Understand what a leap of faith is, examine Soren Kierkegaard's ideas on faith, and identify his stages of...
Sep 26, 2018 · When elucidating Christianity Kierkegaard would describe the faith as both “dialectical”—concerning truth claims—but also “pathos-filled”—the kind of thing that engages humans at an emotional or heart level.
The Kierkegaardian leap assumes two main forms: First there is the leap from sinlessness into sin, which Kierkegaard describes in The Concept of Anxiety, (see Sin above). Second, there is the qualitative leap of faith.
Kierkegaard did deny the ability of reasoned thought to arrive at universal and objective truth on matters of value, but today that is considered quite rational.
