چکیده:
Søren Kierkegaard, the famous Danish philosopher and thinker and the father of existentialism (1813-1855), believes that religious matters cannot be proven with the help of rational reasons; therefore, reason cannot be a path to faith, and the believer must strive toward the realm of faith with the help of determination. Faith is an open-ended decision and is unrelated to thought and reason; thus, no rational argument can be made for or against religion. With Kierkegaard's emphasis on the role of determination and decision in faith, are we permitted to call him a voluntarist? Fundamentally, what is voluntarism? And what do its proponents and opponents say? This article is responsible for discussing this subject and examines the opinions and arguments of some of the most famous proponents and opponents of voluntarism, as well as their views regarding Kierkegaard's voluntarism.
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" ( 17) William Barth also writes about Kierkegaard: "Like a follower of the Catholic philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, he does not believe that this relationship [relationship with God] exists because of a natural inclination or attraction toward the Lord in human existence.
belief is not a form of knowledge, but an choice and an expression of will" ( 18 p 83) We have also previously seen his words saying: "Faith is the most tremendous act of choice" and we observed his great emphasis on ـ the leap over the abyss, a leap that was only possible with the help of resolve ـ.
When ______________________________ 1 ـ Christopher Scott Wyatt writes: To understand Kierkegaard, one must pay attention to his problems and spiritual states Gholamhossein Tavakoli (1) Abstract: Søren Kierkegaard, the famous Danish philosopher and thinker and the father of existentialism (1813-1855), believes that religious matters cannot be proven with the help of rational arguments; therefore, reason cannot be a passage for faith, and the believer must leap into the valley of faith with the help of resolve.
Keywords: resolve, leap of faith, abyss, rationality, voluntarism, ethics of belief ______________________________ 1 ـ PhD student at the Faculty of Literature, University of Isfahan Introduction Kierkegaard is one of the most prominent figures of Fideism.
73) But Christian Jewell does not agree with this interpretation by Poimen and writes: "Yes, Kierkegaard calls religion a paradox, but it is not certain that he means faith must be acquired through the will; the most that can be derived from his references is that we can believe something that is contrary to reason...
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