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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Kierkegaard's Biography; Sources and Abbreviations; Chronology; Autobiographical; Observations; Anxiety; Depression/Melancholy; Self/Spirit; Despair; Freedom; Possibility; Choice/Decision; The Ethical; Deception/Self-Deception; Guilt; Envy; The Poet; Erotic Love; Silence; Authority; Genius; Writing/Communication; The Press; Science; Philosophy; Existence; The Absurd; Paradox; The Understanding/Reason/Knowledge; Truth; Time; Eternal; Death; Immortality; Repetition; Busyness; The Individual; Laughter/Humor/The Comic |
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The TragicIrony; God; Faith; Passion; Prayer; Earnestness/Seriousness; Sin; Demonic; Repentance/Forgiveness; Christ; Love; Suffering; Neighbor; Christianity; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
""Why I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heaven--in the spring at the earth.""--Søren Kierkegaard The father of existentialism, Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a philosopher who could write like an angel. With only a sentence or two, he could plumb the depths of the human spirit. In this collection of some 800 quotations, the reader will find dazzling bon mots next to words of life-changing power. Drawing from the authoritative Princeton editions of Kierkegaard's writings, this book presents a broad selection of his wit and wisdom, as well as a stimulatin |
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Print version record |
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Kierkegaard Søren -- 1813-1855 -- Quotations
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Quotations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1299951155 |
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9781299951150 |
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