Influenţa socratică în gândirea kierkegaardiană: ironia

Abstract

It is already known by all Kierkegaard’s scholarships that the Dane was influenced by the Greek philosophy in general, and by Socrates’ figure in particular. Actually, he personal claims in “The Point of View” that Socrates was his teacher and the most important thing which Kierkegaard loves at Socrates is irony. An interesting proves is that Kierkegaard will finish his studies at University of Copenhagen with the dissertation: “The Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates”. Moreover, this is his first work. The book has tow parts: one dedicated to the Socratic irony and one about the Romantic irony. My interest in this article is focus on the first part: the Socratic irony. Kierkegaard tries to explain us that the Socratic irony is not just a verbal irony but an existential one. An argument is that Kierkegaard designs an existential portrait of Socrates’ personality. Another interest is Kierkegaard’s view about irony in general starting from Socratic irony. As Socrates, Kierkegaard understands irony as a way of life, as a mode of existence. Perhaps this is the reason that later Kierkegaard will take irony as his existential argument. This is the tragic part of irony.

I am very aware that my article is only an introduction, a little part in this problem. But all I want to underline is Socratic contribution or influence in Kierkegaard’s thought.