Kierkegaard＇s Influence on the Lives of Jan Patocka and Viktor Frankl

作     者：Jerry L. Terrill 

作者机构：Houston Graduate School of Theology 

出 版 物：《Journal of Philosophy Study》 (哲学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第8期

页      面：546-551页

学科分类：11[军事学] 1106[军事学-军制学] 08[工学] 0822[工学-轻工技术与工程] 

主　　题：Kierkegaard Frankl Patocka ethics existentialism phenomenology noetics trauma veteran 

摘      要：The writings of Soren Kierkegaard provide a theological and philosophical foundation as experienced in the life of a tragic hero and a knight of faith. It will be shown that the ethical dimensions as experienced by Abraham in ＂Fear and Trembling＂ provide a core ontology in the lives of Jan Patocka and Viktor Frankl. Jan Parocka developed a phenomenological, Kierkegaardian, existential approach in his writings and lectures that enabled him to undergo his interrogations by the Czech communist secret police. The World War II concentration camp experiences of Viktor Frankl led him to develop a Kierkegaardian, existential, noetic approach to discover meaning under inhuman living conditions. We, as humans, are searching for a spiritual core to transcendence, as seen in the writings of Kierkeggard to reach beyond ourselves in the fully human dimension of the good, the true, and the beautiful in faith and in love. Special attention will be given to the lives of Patocka, Frankl, and how Kierkegaard＇s theology and philosophy contribute a transhistorical, phenomenological, existential, meaning-centered approach to understanding trauma, especially in the lives of returning veterans and their families.