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Honours Dissertation
I have uploaded a PDF of my honours dissertation, which was submitted in 2017. Title: The Eclipse of the Individual: Søren Kierkegaard, Varg Vikernes and the Scandinavian Church Abstract: This dissertation offers an in-depth analysis of the criticism Vikernes and … Continue reading
Søren Kierkegaard’s Existential Hermeneutics
Introduction Although widely recognised for his contribution to the fields of Western philosophy and psychology, Denmark’s Søren Kierkegaard was first and foremost a religious author. In this simple truth lies the key to unlocking the underlying convictions of Kierkegaard’s vast corpus. … Continue reading
Nietzsche’s Hermeneutics: Chaos, Morality and the Future World
Of all the influential philosophers to have graced the 19th century European intellectual landscape, Friedrich Nietzsche rates as one of the most profound and controversial. Nietzsche’s influence towers over the Western philosophical tradition, and his concepts continue to inspire rigorous … Continue reading
Keith Moon- A Short Tribute
I am certain that if Keith Moon were alive today he would be the subject of intense interest for psychologists. I don’t know whether the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders from the 60’s and 70’s included provision for … Continue reading
The Souls Need For Silence
In the early 18th century the brilliant yet cantankerous German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer penned a scathing indictment of the way in which the abrasive noise of modern society had shattered his sense of inner peace and diminished his ability to … Continue reading
Lorelei
I met Lorelei about seven years ago at a rundown waffle house in western Sydney. Lorelei was a friend of my then girlfriend, Sofia. They had first met at a support group for sufferers of Borderline Personality Disorder, and … Continue reading
Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Ethical Vision
I present to you the following question for reflection: how would you define the essential difference between ethics and morals? At first, the problem may seem straight forward. Many conventional interpretations often view ethics merely as a form of meta-morality, … Continue reading
