ESSAY QUESTIONS:
1. What does Kierkegaard mean by a "leap of faith"? Would such a thing be easy to do?
2. How is the methodological approach of existentialism similar to that of Marxist philosophy? Explain your answer.
3. What, for Kierkegaard, are the different Ways of Life, and how are they related?
4. What does it mean to live an authentic life? Would such a life necessarily be a happy one? Why, or why not? Explain your answer.
5. How does (a) happiness, and (b) eudaimonia, feature in Kierkegaard's approach to the question of how to live?
6. How does Kierkegaard understand subjectivity?
7. What is Kierkegaard's conception of truth?
8. What are the main points of difference between the views of Descartes and Kierkegaard? Illustrate your answer with examples.