@article{ART001680723},
author={Park, Wonbin},
title={A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2012},
volume={35},
pages={83-113},
doi={}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park, Wonbin
TI - A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2012
VL - 35
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 83
EP - 113
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This essay is a study of correlation between philosophy and faith in S. Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments. Kierkegaard focuses on the role of Socrates and explains how philosophy and faith have common roots in terms of religiosity. For this work, I will shed light on the importance of Socrates for Kierkegaard’s thought in general. I argue that philosophy and faith are closed related passions in the Fragments. A cautious assessment of the position of Socrates in Fragments demonstrates that Socrates' philosophical eros reveals a course to faith. At the same time, the work of faith is basically erotic in the Socratic sense of the term because it holds the self together with that which transcends it, the finite with the infinite, and one's life in time with eternity. I also examine the role of ‘the god’ in Socrates' pursuit of wisdom.
For this work, I will show that there are some fundamental resemblance between philosophy and faith. I argue that such a similarity will lead us a new possibility to transcendence which philosophy alone cannot reach.
Finally this paper is dedicated to the late Prof. Yohan Cho, who had been a philosopher with the Socratic passion.
KW - Kierkegaard;Socrates;Philosophy and Faith;Transcendence;Eros;Philosophical Fragments;Apology of Socrates
DO -
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Park, Wonbin. (2012). A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 35, 83-113.
Park, Wonbin. 2012, "A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.35, pp.83-113. Available from: doi:
Park, Wonbin "A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 35 pp.83-113 (2012) : 83.
Park, Wonbin. A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -. 2012; 35 83-113. Available from: doi:
Park, Wonbin. "A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 35(2012) : 83-113.doi:
Park, Wonbin. A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 35, 83-113. doi:
Park, Wonbin. A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2012; 35 83-113. doi:
Park, Wonbin. A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -. 2012; 35 83-113. Available from: doi:
Park, Wonbin. "A Resilient Challenge toward Transcendence: Philosophical Eros and Faith - A study on Kierkegaard and Socrates -" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 35(2012) : 83-113.doi:
