1st Edition

The Philosophy of Kierkegaard

By George Pattison Copyright 2005
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Although the ideas of Soren Kierkegaard played a pivotal role in the shaping of mainstream German philosophy and the history of French existentialism, the question of how philosophers should read Kierkegaard is a difficult one to settle. His intransigent religiosity has led some philosophers to view him as essentially a religious thinker of a singularly anti-philosophical attitude who should be... Read more
Acknowledgements Abbreviations and forms of reference Introduction: Kierkegaard and Philosophy 1. Existence 2. Anxiety 3. The Good 4. The Infinite Qualitative Difference and the Absolute Paradox Epilogue: The Christian Witness and the Simple Wise Man of Ancient Times Notes Guide to Further Reading Index

Biography

George Pattison