Question
This philosopher uses the example of Johannes seducing Cordelia to demonstrate the aesthetic life in his book Either/Or. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this philosopher whose many pseudonyms include Johannes de Silentio, under which he published Fear and Trembling.
ANSWER: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (“KEER-kuh-gard”)
[10h] In Either/Or, Kierkegaard contrasts the aesthetic sphere of life with one that he named for this concept. In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard discusses how God teleologically suspended this sphere when ordering Abraham to kill Issac.
ANSWER: the ethical [accept the ethical sphere or the ethical phase; accept “teleological suspension of the ethical”; accept word forms like ethics; reject synonyms like “moral”]
[10e] Abraham’s complete trust in God led Kierkegaard to classify him as a knight of this concept. Believing in something unprovable is often called a “leap of [this concept].”
ANSWER: faith [accept knight of faith; accept leap of faith]
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