http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/ Discussion of Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:43:04 GMT James Rovira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8475 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8475 Thanks much, Jim S -- your reply helped me understand some my differences with Don. I hadn't read the pertinent passages in Hegel recently (I read EPR once in Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:30:35 GMT jimstuart46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8474 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8474 Jim R, Just to make a couple of brief comments on what you write to Don. I agree with your understanding of Kant and Hegel. I think Don goes wrong in Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:45:55 GMT James Rovira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8473 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8473 ... We read Kant very differently, then. The primary concept underlying Kant's ethics is the categorical imperative, in which the individual is asked about Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:28:04 GMT James Rovira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8472 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8472 Jim S -- Yes, I was thinking the same about your last post to Don. I'm running into some difficult points, of course, as I read Problemata 1, so it'll be Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:24:39 GMT jimstuart46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8471 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8471 Jim R, Just to say I am in general agreement with what you say in your last post on F&T. Jim S Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:18:14 GMT jimstuart46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8470 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8470 Don, I am interested to read what you and Jim R write. This is a good quality discussion. Let me just offer two brief comments on your two posts sent this Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:12 GMT Donald Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8469 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8469 JimS, thank you for this post. You always provide thought provoking ideas. In your post you said: I still think however that you "water down" the strong, Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:46:52 GMT Donald Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8468 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8468 JimR, thanks for your written responses to what you are reading. I think you are seeing some of what I have been saying. See my feedback below. Don Thanks for Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:19:25 GMT jimstuart46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8467 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8467 Don, Thank you for your thoughtful post. You have written carefully and clearly and I can agree with most of what you write. In particular, I agree with you Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:44:52 GMT James Rovira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8466 Thanks for this overview, Don. I've finished the Exordium and have now started the Problemata 1. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say FT is one of K's Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:25:02 GMT Donald Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8465 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8465 jim's, Fear and Trembling is often called K's most mysterious and mystifying book. Chiefly because of FEAR AND TREMBLING several readers and interpreters have Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:52 GMT James Rovira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8464 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8464 This is a good quotations supporting your point, Jim S. I'd suggest you be open to the possibility of contradictory language in K and ask yourself how you'd Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:46:26 GMT jimstuart46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8463 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8463 Don, This is my final post in the trilogy of justifications of my earlier assertions. Here I answer your request that I justify my statement that Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:45:33 GMT jimstuart46 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8462 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8462 Don, You write: "I am scratching my head and wondering what this that you say here below has to do with Climacus' point in the pages you had designated." Well, Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:50:04 GMT Donald Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8461 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kierkegaardians/message/8461 JimS, I am scratching my head and wondering what this that you say here below has to do with Climacus' point in the pages you had designated. You seem to be