Walker Percy vs. Søren Kierkegaard
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Walker Percy
1916 – 1990
Walker Percy, OblSB was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction.
"You can get all A's and still flunk life."
Søren Kierkegaard
1813 – 1855
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, love, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", highlighting the importance of authenticity, personal choice and commitment, and the duty to love.
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
Connections
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