>[!abstract] >[[Søren Kierkegaard]]'s leap of faith describes the existential act of embracing religious belief despite the absence of rational certainty or objective proof. For Kierkegaard, faith is not a matter of evidence but of subjective commitment, requiring the individual to accept the absurd: that finite humans can relate to an infinite God. This "leap" is less a logical deduction than a personal decision to transcend doubt and despair, moving beyond ethical or aesthetic life-stages into the religious. It underscores Kierkegaard's broader theme that authentic existence demands inward passion and risk, not detached rationality. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Existentialism]] >- **West** (similar): [[Pascal's wager]] >- **East** (different): [[Rationalism]] >- **South** (downstream): [[Subjective truth]]