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For Self-Examination
''For Self-Examination'' (subtitle: ''Recommended to the Present Age''; da, Til Selvprøvelse Samtiden anbefalet) is a work by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on .... It was published on September 20, 1851, as part of Kierkegaard's second authorship. The work has been called one of Kierkegaard's most accessible works, where he writes with "the metaphorical imagination of a poet, the thoughtfulness of a philosopher and theologian, the whimsy of the humourist, and the ardour of the lover and believer."''Essential Kierkegaard'', p. 393 Notes References * Hong, Howard V. & Edna H. ''The Essential Kierkegaard''. Princeton University Press, 2000. External links Kierkegaard, D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on – ''For Self-Examinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. He was against literary critics who defined idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, and thought that Swedenborg, Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Schlegel, and Hans Christian Andersen were all "understood" far too quickly by "scholars". Kierkegaard's theological work focuses on Christian ethics, the institution of the Church, the differences between purely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses
The ''Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses'' ( da, Opbyggelige Taler), sometimes called the ''Eighteen Edifying Discourses'', is a collection of discourses produced by Søren Kierkegaard during the years of 1843 and 1844. Although he published some of his works using pseudonyms, these discourses were signed his own name as author. His discourses stress love, joy, faith, gratitude, thanksgiving, peace, adversity, impartiality, and equality before God and recommends them to the single individual. These discourses are not the same as a sermon because a sermon is preached to a congregation while a discourse can be carried on between several people or even with oneself. These discourses or conversations should be "upbuilding", which means one would build up the other person, or oneself, rather than tear down in order to build up. Kierkegaard said: "Although this little book (which is called ' discourses,' not sermons, because its author does not have authority to 'preach', "upbuilding disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Differences Between A Genius And An Apostle
''Two Minor Ethical-Religious Essays'' (original Danish title: ''Tvende ethisk-religieuse Smaa-Afhandlinger'') is a work by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, under the pseudonym H.H., written in 1847 and published on May 19, 1849. Kierkegaard wrote a book entitled '' A Cycle of Ethical-Religious Essays'' but chose to publish these two essays as a separate piece while leaving the rest unpublished. The unpublished work would eventually become ''The Book on Adler''. The work is in dual authorship with his signed work ''Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits'', also completed in 1847. Pseudonym Kierkegaard, known for his frequent use of pseudonyms, would publish only overtly religious works under his own name, but published his philosophical works under pseudonyms. Each name cultivates a different personality reflective of the overarching meaning of the work. H.H. was the first of two religious pseudonyms, the first being Anti-Climacus, the author of '' The Sickness Unto D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851 Books
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Books By Søren Kierkegaard
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many page (paper), pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bookbinding, bound together and protected by a book cover, cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a Recto, leaf and each side of a leaf is a page (paper), page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
