Explain philosophy and how his unique understanding of truth.docx
1. Explain Kierkegaard’s philosophy and how his unique understanding of
truth
Directions: For this assignment, which will be graded as a test, you are to write an essay on
thefollowing question:Soren Kierkegaard felt that all true human experience was individual
and subjective; that, to betruly alive, you had to experience things. This included one’s
experience with God.For this essay,a. explain Kierkegaard’s philosophy and how his unique
understanding of truth influencedhis understanding and belief in God.b. Show how the
following Buddhist story exemplifies Kierkegaard’s understanding of God:Buddhist Story:A
man once asked a Buddhist monk to tell him what God is like. The Buddist monk saidthat
trying to explain God is like four blind men trying to describe an elephant.“The first blind
man touches the elephant’s trunk and says that the elephant is like ahose or a snake.The
second blind man touches the elephant’s ear and says the elephant is like a largewinged
bat.The third blind man touches the elephant’s leg and says the elephant is like a
stonecolumn.The fourth blind man touches the elephant’s side and says the elephant is like
a largewall.The blind men begin to argue and begin to fight over their understanding of the
elephant.This is how it is with God.”
