MUSIC OF THOUGHT OF S. KIERKEGAARD

Abstract

This article analyzes the essay «Either-or» by the Danish thinker S. Kierkegaard. The musicality is an important feature of this work. The author attempts to combine the languages of music and prose, and a unique philosophical and literary text is born on the border of two types of art. Kierkegaard considered Mozart’s opera «Don Giovanni» as the pinnacle of musical creativity. Through the character of Don Juan, the philosopher recreates the type of aesthetic personality in the spirit of romanticism and shows the vulnerability of the romantic worldview. «Either-or» includes works written in different genres and reflecting opposing attitudes in life. This feature of narration can be compared with the phenomenon of polyphonism in music.