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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Johannes Climacus canonical 4

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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 ⓘ