Forgiving Philosophy
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Forgiving Philosophy

Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt on the Question of Forgiveness

  1. 187 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Forgiving Philosophy

Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt on the Question of Forgiveness

About this book

This book explores forgiveness as a philosophical matter. Responding to the curious omission of forgiveness in much of Western philosophy, it examines common themes and divergences on forgiveness in the works of Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt. These writers understood forgiveness as a paradox—it must be contained to be given (Augustine), granted-yet-not-granted (Kierkegaard), and forgotten the moment it is given, as if never given at all (Arendt). Drawing on these insights, can forgiveness be then thought of as a hidden existential capacity and not as a magnanimous display of mercy? Can we imagine forgiveness as undoing the transgression we see, and secretly engaging with the imperceptible impossibility of undoing what has indeed been done?

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9783111555751
eBook ISBN
9783111556383
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Note to the Reader
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 Quia Absurdum
  7. Chapter 2 Augustine
  8. Chapter 3 Kierkegaard
  9. Chapter 4 Arendt
  10. Concluding Remarks
  11. Index