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 “Exordium” opens a work by this thinker that uses Greek tragedy to argue that an individual ruler’s telos are ultimately (-5[1])the good of the state. This thinker was inspired by his relationship with Regine Olsen (-5[1])to include the (*) “Diary of a Seducer” in a work contrasting aesthetic and ethical living. This thinker distinguished between the “knight of infinite resignation” (10[1])and the “knight of faith” in an analysis (10[1])of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. For 10 points, name this Danish philosopher (10[1])who wrote (10[1])the works Either/Or and Fear and Trembling. ■END■

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