Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments by Sren Kierkegaard
In Philosophical Fragments the pseudonymous author Johannes Climacus explored the question: What is required in order to go beyond Socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the learner? Written as an afterword to this work, Concluding Unscientific Postscript is on one level a philosophical jest, yet on another it is Climacus's characterization of the subjective thinker's relation to the truth of Christianity. At once ironic, humorous, and polemical, this work takes on the "unscientific" form of a mimical-pathetical-dialectical compilation of ideas. Whereas the movement in the earlier pseudonymous writings is away from the aesthetic, the movement in Postscript is away from speculative thought. Kierkegaard intended Postscript to be his concluding work as an author. The subsequent "second authorship" after The Corsair Affair made Postscript the turning point in the entire authorship. Part One of the text volume examines the truth of Christianity as an objective issue, Part Two the subjective issue of what is involved for the individual in becoming a Christian, and the volume ends with an addendum in which Kierkegaard acknowledges and explains his relation to the pseudonymous authors and their writings. The second volume contains the scholarly apparatus, including a key to references and selected entries from Kierkegaard's journals and papers.-
Fear and Trembling/Repetition
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Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
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Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin
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Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy/Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est. (Two books in one volume)
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Either/Or, Part I
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Practice in Christianity
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Stages on Life's Way
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Either/Or, Part II
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The Kierkegaard's Writings, II, Volume 2
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Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits
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Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses
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Works of Love
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For Self-Examination / Judge For Yourself!
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Letters and Documents
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Kierkegaard's Writings IV, Part II
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The Book on Adler
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Without Authority
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Prefaces: Writing Sampler
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The Moment and Late Writings
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The Point of View
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Christian Discourses: The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress.
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Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age A Literary Review
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The Corsair Affair and Articles Related to the Writings
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Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions
"The definitive edition of the WritingsThe first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library Journal
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691020822 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691020825 |
| Title | Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments |
| Author | Sren Kierkegaard |
| Series | Kierkegaard's Writings |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1992-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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