While aesthetic loving relationships are intoxicating and extraordinarily interesting, Kierkegaard says that they are also fleeting, immature, lack real commitment and are doomed to end in despair when confronted with the existential abyss. To overcome this inevitable despair, Kierkegaard recommends a leap of faith to love thy neighbour. This presentation will outline Kierkegaard's doctrine of love and explore some of the following questions: Is a leap of faith "bad faith"? Do aesthetic loving relationships necessarily reflect immaturity? And is loving aesthetically an authentic leap out of the existential abyss?
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. 18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30 (Feel free to come and go at any point during the night.) The Members Bar, Floor 1 (Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.) The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills Sydney, Australia (100 metres from a Central railway station exit.) Cost: Free (Patronise the bar). http://www.philorum.org/centralFutureCalendar.html http://www.philorum.org _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
