I was surprised that I liked anything Kierkegaard said, I was under the impression that he was going to be just another crazy German philosopher. But he has some really good points that I think are worth mentioning. "This is the way, I suppose, that the universe will be destroyed --amid the universal hilarity of wits and wags who think it is all a joke." For good reason is Kierkegaard seen as the father of existentialism, because his tone just about sums up the beliefs and lens through which an existentialist sees the world. A view in which nothing is entirely meaningful and yet there is a never-ending search for the meaning in life. This quote sums up the disdain had for those who run through life without thinking of anything with a serious note to it, frivolity running rampant through the hearts of fools. It reminds me a bit of Solomon's writings in Ecclesiasties 2:1 "I said to myself, 'Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.' But that also proved to be meaningless."
I was a little worried about reading him because sometimes it just goes over my pretty head.
ReplyDelete"This is the way, I suppose, that the universe will be destroyed --amid the universal hilarity of wits and wags who think it is all a joke."
--I agree with what you said about this statement. This is a prime example of why Kierkegaard belongs in the position of the Father of Existentialism.