What does it mean for a self to be posited? An analysis of Chapters 1 and 2 of the First Part of Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death
“What is a human being?” and “What is the self?” With this questions, Anti-Climacus–the famous pseudonym of Kierkegaad– begins The Sickness unto Death (1849). The answer follows promptly. A human self is a relationship that relates to itself. This self-relationship has been posited by an other (Ande...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/32983 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/arete/article/view/32983 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Kierkegaard self freedom posited-by-another omnipotence yo libertad puesto-por-otro omnipotencia |
| Sumario: | “What is a human being?” and “What is the self?” With this questions, Anti-Climacus–the famous pseudonym of Kierkegaad– begins The Sickness unto Death (1849). The answer follows promptly. A human self is a relationship that relates to itself. This self-relationship has been posited by an other (Andet) or a power (Magt). By relating to itself, this self-relationship thereby relates to this other or power. This paper aims to clarify what it means for the self to be a derived self-relation. To achieve this goal, it analyzes the first two chapters of Anti-Climacus’ book. This analysis is grounded in Kiekegaard’s reflections on the interplay between human freedom and divine omnipotence. |
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