The problem of human improvability is as interesting for discussion as it is difficult of solution. It is essentially a problem of relatively recent origin. For the notion of progress was only generally entertained when that of evolution came to be accepted. In ancient times mankind was conceived as tossed hither and thither in the grip of fate or fortune ; while in medieval times mankind was r...

this article studies the different meanings of ethics inkierkegaard's writings. it recognizes three meanings of it in histhought. the first of them is the divine centre ethics as a transitstage after the aesthetical sphere and a preparation stage forentrance to the religious sphere. the second is the ethics withkantian and hegelian elements that kierkegaard condemns it tosuspension in comp...