Philosophy, Religion, and the Meaning of Life

Mt. Moriah Revisited - Saintly Transgression (1x18)

Air date: Jan 01, 2009

Nineteenth-century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard reacted violently against the current of European cultural evolution in the wake of the Enlightenment. Investigate Kierkegaard's radical rejection of Hegelian rationalism and his passionate, subjective vision of faith rooted in the Saintly sacrifice of Abraham and a spiritual acceptance of universal absurdity.