... writings. Examples would be: primacy of the individual, critique of reason, inauthentic vs. authentic, the boundary situation, alienation, encounter with nothingness, dread, community, freedom and commitment. In his works, Soren Kierkegaard attempted to answer the question of what exactly the goal of the human person was. His primary question was one of a religious nature. He believed that it was the goal ... 's own individual, not in psychological experience, science, philosophy or the sciences of the world. These things are just objects with no truth value." (Oaklander 2) In his book "...

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... logic of his premises, arrives at the same hopeful conclusion as the Buddha. Although separated by over 2000 years, both men proclaimed the Third Noble Truth of nirvana. In Buddhist terms, nirvana is typically described as extinction of attachment and illusion, the ceasing of the wheel of rebirth, termination of attachment, annihilation of craving and so on. Schopenhauer's description is much ... , hence by a decided opposition to nature, is beyond all comparison the most important truth there can be (Schopenhauer 628). Zen Buddhist philosophy emphasizes similar methods in resolving real...

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... 42). This persons anti-rational behavior is protected and legitimized in modern times and transcend the moral standards that have been set by society. Although we are growing exponentially in terms of technology we have stagnated in the realm of political thought and philosophy. There is chaos and anarchy in modern thought and anything goes. This deconstruction has taken place through ... and are the very thing that they go against. The Anti-Rational thought came out of the very notion that we cannot prove that God exists or does not exist. Kierkegaard explains that faith is irrational ...

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... trying to find absolute truth without absolute thinking because of this they will look for the truth all the eternity. In this essay, I will point out the existentialists" claims in terms of denying absolute reason. First of all, reason is highest creation of mind and people have ability to think what they want. They use their minds to reach the knowledge ... cannot ask how god exists. It seems to me that everyone asks whatever he/she wants to. While one is asking, he will discover the absolute truth and reason. Moreover, Kierkegaard defends his faith in behalf of morality and religion....

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