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tominator93 t1_iw484wa wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A cross between an Existentialist and an Old Testament prophet, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard urged his "single individual" reader to follow the "highest passion" of faith rather than becoming one of the stereotyped pseudo-individuals of "The Crowd" by thelivingphilosophy

This probably depends on who you consider to be a “philosopher” to a degree, especially if one definitionally excludes anyone who also engaged in theology as a primary focus. One could argue that there were plenty of folks in the Neoplatonic philosophical tradition prior to Kierkegaard (Augustine, Aquinas) who delved heavily into sin as well.

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flammablelemon t1_iw597dg wrote

How is this different from many earlier theologians and philosophers? You’re also already doing philosophy/theology by arguing one is already in sin and therefore can’t analyze it well, and then referencing Kierkegaard’s analysis to do so.

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Pinkfish_411 t1_iw5ap7x wrote

Yeah, Augustine's most famous treatment of sin is literally a confession of his own captivity to sin. Not clear how Kierkegaard was original in that regard.

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