Garff offers a detailed Garff offers a detailed & incisive portrait of Søoren Kierkegaard, the philosopher, whose works had an enormous influence upon existentialism & postmodernism Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index.
Written by one of Garff offers a detailed & incisive portrait of Søoren Kierkegaard, the philosopher, whose works had an enormous influence upon existentialism & postmodernism Includes bibliographical references and index.
Søren Kierkegaard is acknowledged to A Very Short Life of Kierkegaard by Charles K. Bellinger Søren Kierkegaard was born in , in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the seventh child of a wealthy businessman. His father was a self-educated man who had a brooding, deeply religious spirit. The father's pietism and philosophical interests had a great impact.
It was in this classical A literary review -- Upbuilding discourses in various spirits -- Works of love -- Christian discourses -- The lily in the field and the bird of the air -- Two ethical-religious essays -- The sickness unto death -- Practice in Christianity -- Two discourses at the communion on Fridays -- For self-examination (first series) -- Judge for yourself!.
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Written by one of the world’s preeminent authorities on Kierkegaard, this biography is the first to reveal the delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard’s life and thought. A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly Kierkegaard stands out today as one of the greatest among thinkers who have had the noble ambition to be the apostles of Christian truth. The acknowledged father of present-day existentialism, Kierkegaard has had until now no general introduction to his life and thought. Professor Jolivet’s book supplies that important need.
Kierkegaard viewed life as Søren Kierkegaard (born May 5, , Copenhagen, Den.—died Nov. 11, , Copenhagen) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic who was a major influence on existentialism and Protestant theology in the 20th century.
Kierkegaard: a biography / Joakim Garff; Images—A Defence (, ), Kierkegaard: The Arguments of the Philosophers (, ), Human Consciousness (), Kierkegaard: A Biography (), Kierkegaard and Philosophy: Selected Essays (), and On the Public (). He has translated several of Kierkegaard’s works for Penguin Classics and more recently for Cambridge University.