Does Kierkegaard Mean By Give Me A Reason For Which I Can Live And Die

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1. Explain what Kierkegaard means by "Give me a reason for which I can live and die." Kierkegaard determines that objective information cannot reveal the truth, it cannot provide an individual with a reason to live. Science, philosophy, and theological systems and arguments may give people a way to live, but it cannot provide the individual with a reason by which they can live and die. In the end, all the objective facts and truths in the universe cannot show someone the truth because even if you know everything, all those things cannot not answer what you are going to do. 2. Kierkegaard was a fan of the subjectivity of knowledge (somewhat kin to the relativism of Protagoras, but not quite that). In our world where Science and Technology