Judge William

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Judge William is the fictional ethical and religious thinker who authors the "ethical" viewpoint in Søren Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous work "Either/Or."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
pseudonymous author
addressesCharacter A (the aesthete)
appearsIn Either/Or NERFINISHED
appearsInPart Either/Or, Volume II NERFINISHED
arguesAgainst aesthetic way of life
associatedWithConcept choice as decisive for personality
continuity of self over time
duty and obligation
ethical stage of existence
marital fidelity
repentance in an ethical-religious sense
authorshipRole author of the ethical viewpoint in Either/Or
contrastsWith A (the aesthete in Either/Or) NERFINISHED
createdBy Søren Kierkegaard NERFINISHED
discussesWork The aesthetic writings of A in Either/Or, Volume I
embeddedInWorkBy Either/Or by Søren Kierkegaard NERFINISHED
ethicalIdeal becoming oneself through commitment
unity of freedom and necessity in a life-choice
fictionalProfession judge
firstPublicationOfWork 1843
influencesReceptionOf Kierkegaard’s concept of the ethical stage
languageOfWork Danish
literaryFunction foil to the aesthetic viewpoint represented by A
spokesperson for the ethical stage of life
mediumOfExpression letters
narrativePerspective first-person
philosophicalTheme choice and commitment
ethics
marriage as an ethical institution
religion
selfhood and responsibility
pseudonymousContext Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous authorship
relatedToConcept either/or as a decisive life-choice
transition from aesthetic to ethical existence
religiousOrientation Christian ethical outlook
roleInWork ethical thinker
religious thinker
textualForm essayistic letters
workGenre existential literature
philosophical literature
workSection Letters to A NERFINISHED

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Either/Or pseudonymousAuthor Judge William