Tyrant VS Martyr The famous philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once said, "The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins." If a tyrant's, or a cruel dictator-like person, role is to diminish, he ... on the contrary is true for a martyr, or a person who suffers so as to keep his/her faith and/or principles. He/She will pretty much never die. In terms of Sophocles" play Antigone it makes a lot of sense. The quote can be use to describe the opposition of the two main characters in the play, Creon and Antigone, who ... the Gods in high reverence and feels that the laws of the ...

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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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