Johannes Climacus

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Johannes Climacus is a philosophical pseudonymous author created by Søren Kierkegaard to explore questions of faith, doubt, and the limits of reason in works such as "Philosophical Fragments" and "Concluding Unscientific Postscript."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary character
philosophical pseudonym
appearsIn Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Philosophical Fragments
associatedWithWork Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Philosophical Fragments
contrastsWith Hegelian philosophy
countryOfOrigin Denmark
createdBy Søren Kierkegaard
creatorNationality Danish
creatorPhilosophicalTradition Søren Kierkegaard’s authorship
exploresConcept indirect communication
paradox of faith
relationship between faith and reason
skepticism
subjectivity
truth as subjectivity
fictionalStatus fictional character
hasPerspectiveOn Christianity as offense to reason
difficulty of becoming a Christian
limits of objective knowledge in religion
hasRole narrator
pseudonymous author
language Danish
literaryFunction philosophical experimenter
questioner of system-building in philosophy
philosophicalTradition Christian existentialism
existentialism
primaryTheme doubt
faith
limits of reason
relatedToConcept existential inwardness
irony
leap of faith
timePeriod 19th century
usedByAuthor Søren Kierkegaard
usedFor critique of speculative philosophy
exploration of Christian faith
indirect communication of Kierkegaard’s views

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Søren Kierkegaard usedPseudonym Johannes Climacus
Anti-Climacus contrastWith Johannes Climacus
Constantin Constantius sharesContextWith Johannes Climacus