The Essential Kierkegaard
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The Essential Kierkegaard

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The Essential Kierkegaard

About this book

A comprehensive anthology of Kierkegaard's writings that offers an unmatched introduction to one of the most original and influential modern philosophers

This is the most comprehensive anthology of Søren Kierkegaard's works ever published in English. Drawn from the volumes of Princeton's authoritative Kierkegaard's Writings series by editors Howard and Edna Hong, these carefully chosen selections represent every major aspect of Kierkegaard's extraordinary output, which changed the course of modern intellectual history with its mix of philosophy, psychology, theology, and literary criticism. The anthology reveals the most important themes of his work, especially what it means to exist and to be human, and captures the unique character of his writings, with their shifting pseudonyms, complex dialogues, and powerful combination of irony, satire, sermon, polemic, humor, and fiction. A superb introduction and guide to the Danish philosopher, The Essential Kierkegaard vividly demonstrates why his work continues to speak so directly to so many readers.

  • Traces the full span of Kierkegaard's writings, from his early journals to his final work
  • Features generous selections from all of Kierkegaard's most important works, including Either/Or, Fear and Trembling, Works of Love, and The Sickness unto Death
  • Presents selections from lesser-known writings, including Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions and The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air
  • Includes an introduction to Kierkegaard's writings and explanatory notes for each selection

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. Early Journal Entries
  7. From the Papers of One Still Living
  8. The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates
  9. Either/Or, A Fragment of Life, I
  10. Either/Or, A Fragment of Life, II
  11. Four Upbuilding Discourses
  12. Fear and Trembling
  13. Repetition
  14. Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy
  15. Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est
  16. The Concept of Anxiety
  17. Prefaces
  18. Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions
  19. Stages on Life’s Way
  20. Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments
  21. “The Activity of a Traveling Esthetician and How He Still Happened to Pay for the Dinner”
  22. Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and The Present Age. A Literary Review
  23. Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits
  24. Works of Love
  25. Christian Discourses
  26. The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air
  27. Two Ethical-Religious Essays
  28. The Sickness unto Death
  29. Practice in Christianity
  30. Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays
  31. For Self-Examination [First series]
  32. Judge for Yourself! For Self-Examination, Second series
  33. The Book on Adler
  34. Fædrelandet Articles and The Moment
  35. On My Work as an Author and The Point of View for My Work as an Author
  36. The Changelessness of God
  37. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  38. NOTES
  39. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  40. INDEX