My favourite philosopher is none of these jerks, it's Soren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist. Oooh he's dreamy! Do we have a picture of Kierkegaard? Yeah yeah look at that. Kierke-gorgeous!"
- Craig Ferguson
I don't always keep up with The Late Late Show on a daily basis, but will often watch parts of it later on youtube. Now, last Monday, while working on a paper for my existentialism class, I took a break and watched the monologue from the previous Friday (October 15). And, to my great surprise and delight, he talked about Nietzsche and Kierkegaard! He started talking about Nietzsche because the famous philosopher was born on that day in 1844 (and October 15 is also my girlfriend's birthday, coincidentally) and then he went on to talk about Soren Kierkegaard. Now, I found this all to be rather uncanny, because I had just written a post about Kierkegaard not long ago, and because, at that very moment, I was writing a paper on existentialism!
Anyways, here is the clip so you can enjoy it for yourself. He starts talking about Nietzsche at around 8:00.
Enjoy!!
P.S. I only just realized that I've been running this blog for over a year now! Woot! Therefore, maybe it is appropriate to announce that I am just about to start up a new blog, which will focus on faith and spirituality at UBC. I'll let you know as soon as it's up!
