PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Credo Quia Absurdum, German Idealism, Kaleidoscope
28 Jul 2020
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Schelling distinguished between the "negative philosophy" that deduces all reality from abstract principles and essences, and the "positive philosophy" that focuses on existence (the "what" of things). Kierkegaard recognizes in the "negative philosophy" or immediately the hegelian system of the aufhebung (negation) of all indians in the totality and feels a very great aversion to. For hegel, there is no place for the individual and his uniqueness; this is only a "moment" in the self-development of the absolute spirit. Kierkegaard starts his own philosophy with a sharp critique of hegelianism, reversing the very principles of. What is decisive is not an abstract and uni- versal "essence", but concrete and individual. "existence"; the theory of the priority of the universal over the individual (essentialism) is for. The maximum actualization of the human being is not his authe- bung in an absolute totality, but his irreplaceable individuality in the face of the absolute you (god).
