Either/Or : Part 1 Kierkegaard's Writings by Edna H. Hong, Howard V. Hong, Soren Kierkegaard

Either/Or : Part 1 Kierkegaard's Writings



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Either/Or : Part 1 Kierkegaard's Writings Edna H. Hong, Howard V. Hong, Soren Kierkegaard ebook
Page: 728
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691020419, 9780691020419


Since at least the time of the Greeks, primarily in the West, truth has generally been defined as falling into either of two categories: the objective and the subjective. (Their latest post comments on I read Kierkegaard in college, but I do not remember this level of lyricism–almost as if some other passion is driving the book beneath the surface, something that breaks through almost continually in the spaces between the words. The basic argument put forth in this paper, which I believe will be shown to also be that of Kierkegaard's, is that truth in general can be conceived of as having a dual existence. To write a book is the easiest of all things in our time, if, as is customary one takes ten older works on the same subject and out of them puts together an eleventh on the same subject. These pseudonymous writings often took positions that were later explained by Kierkegaard himself as being contrary to his personal belief. I was pleased, one day in 1997, to see an article by Updike on “The Seducer's Diary” portion of Kierkegaard's Either-Or in the May 29, edition of the Review. Kierkegaard acknowledges, and In this way the Christian understands that temporal life allows one plane of existence (either lose or whirpool) while eternity offers another (victory). Jennifer commented on letter 8 rilke on solitude and: “I was actually curious, who was the translator of your copy of that letter? Though I don't think he had read any Kierkegaard when I met him, had spent the seven years we'd been living together in Denmark acquainting himself with the more arcane facts surrounding Kierkegaard's life and writings. Kierkegaard's Works of Love - Part II - Love Hopes All Things and Is Never Put to Shame. If anyone, therefore refuses to learn from Christianity how to love himself in the right way, he cannot love his neighbor either. A while back I started to read two books at the same time – Sanctorum Communio by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Either/Or, Part 1 by Soren Kierkegaard. Soren Kierkegaard's “Works of Love” 4 (Self-love: part 1). For only eternity has the ability to confer . In 1847 the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard publish his “Christian reflections” on “the works of love.” I have come to believe that Kierkegaard has been largely misunderstood, misrepresented, and therefore ignored by many Christians, to their own detriment. This blog post is part of my ongoing “60 Books in 60 Days” encounter with the Penguin Great Ideas series–the Guardian's book site of the week and mentioned on the Penguin blog. When we finally found one, we went immediately to the “Letters” section at the back.