ABSTRACT

Kierkegaard says that it is always to the isolated and unique individual that he addresses himself. In this he may be compared to Stirner and Nietzsche. No other philosopher, says Kierkegaard speaking of himself, has put so much emphasis on the concept of the individual, of the Unique one. If Kierkegaard asks the individual to be unique this does not mean that he should develop his individuality in a direction wholly different from that of others. There is a radical difference between an aesthetic determination, like that of the romantic genius, and a moral determination. For transcendence, which is higher than man, cannot form the subject of direct communication. That which is higher than all else cannot be talked about, cannot form the subject of direct communication. Indirect communication is a psychological necessity for Kierkegaard, but, according to him, it is also a necessity of the times for the religious writer exposing his religion.