Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Pablo Uriel. Self-preservation and work from the edifying perspective of Kierkegaard. Analysis of What we learn from the lilies of the field and the birds of the sky (1847). Franciscanum [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.175, pp.4-4.  Epub Apr 26, 2021. ISSN 0120-1468.  https://doi.org/10.21500/01201468.5220.

The present article deals with the concepts of «self-preservation» and «work» as we learn from the lilies of the countryside and the birds on the sky. The analysis of the exemplary discourse written by Kierkegaard in 1847 enables us to define the perspective that the Danish assumes in relation to the philosophical project of Modernity. The edifying author proposes a model of religious existence that combines self-preservation and dependence, based on a critique of the aesthetic and ethical conceptions of life.

Keywords : Kierkegaard; Self-conservation; Work; Upbuilding; Modernity.

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