The Quotable Kierkegaard
The Quotable Kierkegaard
Edited by Gordon Marino
Copyright Date: 2014
Published by: Princeton University Press
Pages: 472
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The Quotable Kierkegaard
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"Why I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heaven--in the spring at the earth."--Søren Kierkegaard

The father of existentialism, Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a philosopher who could write like an angel. With only a sentence or two, he could plumb the depths of the human spirit. In this collection of some 800 quotations, the reader will find dazzling bon mots next to words of life-changing power. Drawing from the authoritative Princeton editions of Kierkegaard's writings, this book presents a broad selection of his wit and wisdom, as well as a stimulating introduction to his life and work.

Organized by topic, this volume covers notable Kierkegaardian concerns such as anxiety, despair, existence, irony, and the absurd, but also erotic love, the press, busyness, and the comic. Here readers will encounter both well-known quotations ("Life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other principle, that it must be lived forward") and obscure ones ("Beware false prophets who come to you in wolves' clothing but inwardly are sheep--i.e., the phrasemongers"). Those who spend time in these pages will discover the writer who said, "my grief is my castle," but who also taught that "the best defense against hypocrisy is love."

Illuminating and delightful, this engaging book also provides a substantial portrait of one of the most influential of modern thinkers.

Gathers some 800 quotations Drawn from the authoritative Princeton editions of Kierkegaard's writings Includes an introduction, a brief account and timeline of Kierkegaard's life, a guide to further reading, and an index

eISBN: 978-1-4008-4879-9
Subjects: Philosophy, Religion
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-x)
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. xi-xii)
  4. INTRODUCTION
    INTRODUCTION (pp. xiii-xliv)

    Though he very rarely characterized himself as a philosopher, that is how world history remembers Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. And yet, while Socrates was his sage and he profoundly respected Kant, Kierkegaard ultimately became a virulent critic of philosophy, especially of the academic ilk. G.W.F Hegel was the regnant philosopher king of early to mid-nineteenth-century European philosophy. While Kierkegaard, in his early career, admired the speculative German thinker, he ultimately concluded that Hegel and other intellectual system builders “are like a man who has built a vast palace while he himself lives next door.” Writing in his journal, Kierkegaard insists, “Spiritually,...

  5. KIERKEGAARD’S BIOGRAPHY
    KIERKEGAARD’S BIOGRAPHY (pp. xlv-lvi)
  6. SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
    SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS (pp. lvii-lx)
  7. CHRONOLOGY
    CHRONOLOGY (pp. lxi-lxix)
  8. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
    AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (pp. 1-18)
  9. OBSERVATIONS
    OBSERVATIONS (pp. 18-64)
  10. ANXIETY
    ANXIETY (pp. 65-69)
  11. DEPRESSION/MELANCHOLY
    DEPRESSION/MELANCHOLY (pp. 69-73)
  12. SFLF/SPIRIT
    SFLF/SPIRIT (pp. 73-83)
  13. DESPAIR
    DESPAIR (pp. 83-89)
  14. FREEDOM
    FREEDOM (pp. 89-91)
  15. POSSIBILITY
    POSSIBILITY (pp. 92-94)
  16. CHOICE/DECISION
    CHOICE/DECISION (pp. 94-97)
  17. THE ETHICAL
    THE ETHICAL (pp. 97-101)
  18. DECEPTION/SELF-DECEPTION
    DECEPTION/SELF-DECEPTION (pp. 101-104)
  19. GUILT
    GUILT (pp. 104-106)
  20. ENVY
    ENVY (pp. 106-108)
  21. THE POET
    THE POET (pp. 109-110)
  22. EROTIC LOVE
    EROTIC LOVE (pp. 111-113)
  23. SILENCE
    SILENCE (pp. 113-116)
  24. AUTHORITY
    AUTHORITY (pp. 117-118)
  25. GENIUS
    GENIUS (pp. 119-120)
  26. WRITING/COMMUNICATION
    WRITING/COMMUNICATION (pp. 121-123)
  27. THE PRESS
    THE PRESS (pp. 124-126)
  28. SCIENCE
    SCIENCE (pp. 126-128)
  29. PHILOSOPHY
    PHILOSOPHY (pp. 128-132)
  30. EXISTENCE
    EXISTENCE (pp. 133-135)
  31. THE ABSURD
    THE ABSURD (pp. 135-137)
  32. PARADOX
    PARADOX (pp. 137-139)
  33. THE UNDERSTANDING/REASON/KNOWLEDGE
    THE UNDERSTANDING/REASON/KNOWLEDGE (pp. 139-142)
  34. TRUTH
    TRUTH (pp. 143-146)
  35. TIME
    TIME (pp. 147-149)
  36. ETERNAL
    ETERNAL (pp. 149-151)
  37. DEATH
    DEATH (pp. 151-155)
  38. IMMORTALITY
    IMMORTALITY (pp. 155-156)
  39. REPETITION
    REPETITION (pp. 156-157)
  40. BUSYNESS
    BUSYNESS (pp. 157-159)
  41. THE INDIVIDUAL
    THE INDIVIDUAL (pp. 159-161)
  42. LAUGHTER/HUMOR/THE COMIC
    LAUGHTER/HUMOR/THE COMIC (pp. 161-163)
  43. THE TRAGIC
    THE TRAGIC (pp. 163-163)
  44. IRONY
    IRONY (pp. 164-166)
  45. GOD
    GOD (pp. 167-176)
  46. FAITH
    FAITH (pp. 176-182)
  47. PASSION
    PASSION (pp. 183-184)
  48. PRAYER
    PRAYER (pp. 184-186)
  49. EARNESTNESS/SERIOUSNESS
    EARNESTNESS/SERIOUSNESS (pp. 186-190)
  50. SIN
    SIN (pp. 190-192)
  51. DEMONIC
    DEMONIC (pp. 192-193)
  52. REPENTANCE/FORGIVENESS
    REPENTANCE/FORGIVENESS (pp. 194-196)
  53. CHRIST
    CHRIST (pp. 197-199)
  54. LOVE
    LOVE (pp. 199-207)
  55. SUFFERING
    SUFFERING (pp. 207-208)
  56. NEIGHBOR
    NEIGHBOR (pp. 208-210)
  57. CHRISTIANITY
    CHRISTIANITY (pp. 210-218)
  58. BIBLIOGRAPHY
    BIBLIOGRAPHY (pp. 219-220)
  59. INDEX
    INDEX (pp. 221-234)
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