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Do you see it as a good or bad thing that Kierkegaard's theological writing is so much bound to his personality?

I find it bad that his writing takes on a theological character at all. It discourages reading for me.

The Voice of Time wrote:I find it bad that his writing takes on a theological character at all. It discourages reading for me.

Exactly how I feel about him.
A great mind wasted, but I suppose he was responding to a pressing issue of his day.

A good thing. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Can you imagine Nietzsche's works written as an analytic philosopher today might write?

suckinglemons wrote:A good thing. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Can you imagine Nietzsche's works written as an analytic philosopher today might write?

I could imagine him Kierkegaard writing more like Nietzsche at least...

Do you see it as a good or bad thing that Kierkegaard's theological writing is so much bound to his personality?

I think being bound to such a personality is what gives it its strength. Kierkegaard as I read him was a deep and complex thinker with work that goes beyond usual framing. It is because he considers the importance of religion or at least religiousity, that puts him in a really special place as both a philosopher and writer. It's like, with him, we can have the cake and eat it too.