Concluding Unscientific Postscript

According to Kierkegaard, how does the “great ethical personality” conduct his life? Why does Kierkegaard think ethics should be the center of life?

What does Christian suffering consist of, according to Kierkegaard? Why is suffering an essential component of the Christian life?

For Kierkegaard, what connection do irony and humor have to faith?

Consider Kierkegaard’s claim that we cannot know or judge another person’s ethical reality. Does this mean that we are trapped inside our own consciousness? Write two paragraphs discussing your interpretation of the text.

Does formal worship play a role in Kierkegaard’s conception of Christianity?

In your interpretation, is Johannes Climacus the same as Kierkegaard? Explain your view.

Discuss the two turning points in Climacus’s (Kierkegaard’s) life that led him to become first a writer and then a philosopher. How did these episodes influence his views on inwardness?

The Postscript is a work of religious philosophy rather than theology in the strict sense; yet Kierkegaard does cite Bible passages on several occasions. Discuss one of these instances and how it serves to enhance Kierkegaard’s philosophical argument.