Here is a great article by the philosopher Jeff Mason, in which he explains Kierkegaard’s different forms of life: the aesthetic, ethical, and religious. All three forms of life are attempts to escape the universal condition of despair, according to Kierkegaard. As Mason explains, Kierkegaard thought that an individual’s life is defined by what  one … Continue reading Kierkegaard: The Aesthetic, Ethical, and Religious Forms of Life