''Three Upbuilding Discourses'' (1844) is a book by
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , ; ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danes, Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical tex ...
.
History
Kierkegaard published his ''
Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses'' throughout 1843 and 1844. He followed the
Socratic method
The Socratic method (also known as the method of Elenchus or Socratic debate) is a form of argumentative dialogue between individuals based on asking and answering questions. Socratic dialogues feature in many of the works of the ancient Greek ...
by publishing his own view of life under his own name and different views of life under
pseudonyms
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's ow ...
. His own view was that of "a committed Christian trained for the ministry".
[''Historical Dictionary of Kierkegaard's Philosophy'', Julia Watkin, Scarecrow Press, 2001 p. 6]
References
Sources
Primary sources
''Remember Now Thy Creator In the Days of Thy Youth''Swenson translation
''The Expectation of an Eternal Happiness''Swenson translation
''Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses'' by Søren Kierkegaard, Princeton University Press. Hong, 1990
* Either/Or Part I, Edited by Victor Eremita, February 20, 1843, translated by David F. Swenson and Lillian Marvin Swenson Princeton University Press 1971
* Either/Or Part 2, Edited by Victor Eremita, February 20, 1843, Hong 1987
* Fear and Trembling; Copyright 1843 Søren Kierkegaard – Kierkegaard's Writings; 6 – copyright 1983 – Howard V. Hong
* Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments Volume I, by Johannes Climacus, edited by Søren Kierkegaard, Copyright 1846 – Edited and Translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong 1992 Princeton University Press
* The Point of View for My Work as An Author: A Report to History, edited by Benjamin Neilson, by Søren Kierkegaard 1848, Translated with Introductory Notes by Walter Lowrie, 1962, Harper and Row Publishers
''Lectures on the philosophy of religion, together with a work on the proofs of the existence of God'' by Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1832, Translated from the 2d German ed. by E.B. Speirs, and J. Burdon Sanderson: the translation edited by E.B. Speirs. Published 1895 by K. Paul, Trench, Trubner in London
''Norway and the Norwegians, Volume 2'' By Robert Gordon Latha CHAPTER XII and XIII. covers
Holberg,
Heiberg,
Wessel and Steffens Chapter XIII Treschow —His writings — Anthropology — Eilschow., 1840, pp. 142–158
Secondary sources
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Søren KierkegaardStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Existentialism
*''Historical Dictionary of Kierkegaard's Philosophy'', By Julie Watkin, Scarecrow Press, 2001
External links
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Books by Søren Kierkegaard
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