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Frontiers of Philosophy in China

ISSN 1673-3436

ISSN 1673-355X(Online)

CN 11-5743/B

邮发代号 80-983

Frontiers of Philosophy in China  2014, Vol. 9 Issue (3): 381-395   https://doi.org/10.3868/s030-003-014-0033-1
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Conceiving Possibility: Kierkegaard and Zhuangzi
XIE Wenyu()
School of Philosophy and Social Development; Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Abstract

This paper examines two notions of possibility conceived by Kierkegaard and Zhuangzi respectively. Kierkegaard conceives of it with appeals to the feeling of anxiety, while Zhuangzi deals with it in terms of a type of aesthetic feeling. Based on these distinctions, the paper goes further to explore two types of human existence as fostered by these two corresponding concepts of possibility. According to Kierkegaard, in order to maintain a connection with possibility, which would provide freedom to human existence, one must have faith in the redeemer bringing back possibility so that an individual human being might renew his or her choice ceaselessly. Zhuangzi, on the other hand, advises staying in the realm of nothingness and letting go of all things to avoid being trapped by the struggle of discerning between good and evil.

Key wordspossibility    anxiety    esthetic    human existence
出版日期: 2014-09-23
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. [J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2014, 9(3): 381-395.
XIE Wenyu. Conceiving Possibility: Kierkegaard and Zhuangzi. Front. Philos. China, 2014, 9(3): 381-395.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fpc/CN/Y2014/V9/I3/381
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