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“Kierkegaard saw as his task not the development of a new epistemology nor the creation of a new system of metaphysics, but the creation of a whole new kind of human being—people who could grasp their own freedom and create their own destiny…Kierkegaard called his version of the new human being ‘a Knight of Faith. ... ” Kierkegaards Knight of Faith has become a fundamental image used by both philosophers and theologians to describe a duty to a force higher than ethical law. The Knight of Faith will break laws and other ethical and social restrictions; to do what he feels is morally correct. ... ” Among many there are two that stand out as true “Knights of Faith” were Socrates and Oskar Schindler. ...
Traveling way back to some of, if not THE greatest minds in the history of the world, Socrates name arises when citing Kierkegaard’s “Knight of Faith. ... Socrates did not think that or he would be known as one of the greatest hypocrites of all time, but because he spoke out and did what he thought was morally right, he so fits that description of a Knight of Faith. ... Oskar Schindler “broke laws and other ethical and social restrictions, to do what he felt was morally correct,” he fits into the Knight of faith description, and furthermore he displays that even in present times there are those who must break the laws to do what is, agreeably, right.
Approximate Word count = 1034
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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