Round 6: Tossup 7

This thinker critiqued aesthetic egoism with a man whose desire to avoid commitment causes him to treat Cordelia as a means. (15[1])An (15[1])“Exordium” opens a work (15[1])by this thinker (15[1])that uses Greek tragedy to argue that an individual ruler’s (15[1])telos are ultimately the good of the state. This thinker was inspired by his relationship with Regine Olsen to include the (*) “Diary of a Seducer” in a work (10[1])contrasting aesthetic and ethical living. This thinker distinguished between the “knight of infinite resignation” and the “knight of (10[1])faith” in an analysis of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. For 10 points, name this Danish philosopher who wrote the works (10[1])Either/Or and Fear and Trembling. ■END■

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