Fearlessness

Fearlessness is one of the characteristics of an investigative journalist. Soren Kierkegaard one of philosophers who ardently spoke of on fear in his book fear and trembling.

Soren Kierkegaard a Danish philosopher of the ninetieth century was one of the most gifted, creative and provocative thinkers within the western philosophical tradition. His way of writing calls and challenges his readers to think about their lives in a totally different way. Kierkegaard reminds us that philosophy must be concerned with our ordinary life rather than abstract theories. While the then philosophers insisted more on reason, on the contrary Kierkegaard insisted more on passion rather than reason. With the help of his uncompromising way of thinking about human condition he paved way for a new direction in philosophy. He is known as the father of existentialism. It shaped the intellectual life of the twentieth century Europe. He had also an enormous influence on philosophers such as Heidegger, Sartre, and Wittgenstein.

A new philosophy emerges from thinking. One person becomes philosopher when he thinks in a special way which anyone has ever thought. If the thinking is profound then there arises a beautiful horizon of a new philosophy. Soren Kierkegaard was a philosopher. It shows the meaning that he thought in a particular way in which no one of the then existing philosophers thought
The philosophy of Kierkegaard is entirely different from the great conceptual systems, such as Aristotle, Hegel, and Leibniz etc. They devoted their thought to abstract logical and speculative thinking. These principles have influenced the western history very much. But the individual’s experiences of its effects are in a very indirect manner. These effects reached to ordinary individuals, filtered by the social institution of religion, politics, science and other academic disciplines. Consequently, the ideas presented in this type of philosophy can rarely be adapted to the practical, ordinary everyday needs of the individual human being