Hume makes a distinction between "relations of ideas" and "matters of fact.... Kierkegaard believes that one is not able to prove the existence of God. ... In Kierkegaard's mind all things about Christianity and religion is all paradoxes. ... Kierkegaard states that God is not a name, but it is merely a concept. ... Though this is a paradox, Kierkegaard makes sense of this. ...

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Schopenhauer believed in a distinction between the world we experience and the underlying reality. According to him, this distinction can be found within a person's will. ... Kierkegaard and Zen Buddhism both agree on the problem of using reason in resolving real life situations. ... In comparison, Kierkegaard's ethical system works under religious faith. For Kierkegaard, a third mode of existence is living by religious faith. ...

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