El presente artículo se propone ofrecer una introducción a la relación entre Kierkegaard y Schopenhauer. La primera parte expone las críticas del filósofo danés al autor de El mundo como voluntad y representación. La segunda parte analiza las interpretaciones en castellano dedicadas al estudio del vínculo entre ambos filósofos. La primera parte concluye con las eventuales respuestas del filósofo alemán a las objeciones de Kierkegaard. La segunda parte finaliza con una serie de apreciaciones para el análisis conjunto de ambos pensadores.

ABSTRACT Kierkegaard seeks to inspire transformations. His aim is to get us to devote our lives to God or the Good rather than our own personal enjoyment – to abandon the aesthetic life in favour of the ethical or religious one. Drawing on Laurie Paul and Agnes Callard’s recent work, I maintain that two obstacles stand in Kierkegaard’s way. First, transformations involve adopting a new perspective on the world, one we cannot fully grasp ahead of time. Second, transformations also involve (...) coming to care about something we do not yet care about. On my interpretation, Kierkegaard sees art, especially literature, as central to overcoming both obstacles. Good stories afford us a glimpse into what it would look and feel like to live in ways other than we currently do. In addition, they have the power to attract us to points of view we would ordinarily reject. (shrink)