Kierkegaard And Socrates

Author : Jacob Howland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139452748

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Kierkegaard and Socrates by Jacob Howland Pdf

This volume is a study of the relationship between philosophy and faith in Søren Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments. It is also the first book to examine the role of Socrates in this body of writings, illuminating the significance of Socrates for Kierkegaard's thought. Jacob Howland argues that in the Fragments, philosophy and faith are closely related passions. A careful examination of the role of Socrates demonstrates that Socratic, philosophical eros opens up a path to faith. At the same time, the work of faith - which holds the self together with that which transcends it - is essentially erotic in the Socratic sense of the term. Chapters on Kierkegaard's Johannes Climacus and on Plato's Apology shed light on the Socratic character of the pseudonymous author of the Fragments and the role of 'the god' in Socrates' pursuit of wisdom. Howland also analyzes the Concluding Unscientific Postscript and Kierkegaard's reflections on Socrates and Christ.

Author : Jacob Howland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521730368

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Kierkegaard and Socrates by Jacob Howland Pdf

This volume is a study of the relationship between philosophy and faith in Søren Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments. It is also the first book to examine the role of Socrates in this body of writings and it illuminates the significance of Socrates for Kierkegaard's thought in general. Jacob Howland argues that in the Fragments, philosophy and faith are closely related passions. A careful examination of the role of Socrates in Fragments demonstrates that Socratic, philosophical eros opens up a path to faith. At the same time, the work of faith-- which holds the self together with that which transcends it, the finite with the infinite, and one's life in time with eternity-is essentially erotic in the Socratic sense of the term. Chapters on Kierkegaard's Johannes Climacus and on Plato's Apology and related dialogues shed light on the Socratic character of the pseudonymous author of the Fragments and the role of "the god" in Socrates' pursuit of wisdom. Howland also analyzes the Concluding Unscientific Postscript and Kierkegaard's reflections on Socrates and Christ in his unpublished papers.

Author : Jon Bartley Stewart,Katalin Nun
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0754669815

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Kierkegaard and the Greek World: Socrates and Plato by Jon Bartley Stewart,Katalin Nun Pdf

The articles in this volume employ source-work research to trace Kierkegaard's understanding and use of authors from the Greek tradition. A series of figures of varying importance in Kierkegaard's authorship are treated, ranging from early Greek poets to late Classical philosophical schools. In general it can be said that the Greeks collectively constitute one of the single most important body of sources for Kierkegaard's thought. He studied Greek from an early age and was profoundly inspired by what might be called the Greek spirit. Although he is generally considered a Christian thinker, he was nonetheless consistently drawn back to the Greeks for ideas and impulses on any number of topics. He frequently contrasts ancient Greek philosophy, with its emphasis on the lived experience of the individual in daily life, with the abstract German philosophy that was in vogue during his own time. It has been argued that he modeled his work on that of the ancient Greek thinkers specifically in order to contrast his own activity with that of his contemporaries.

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : St Augustine PressInc
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1587318385

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Socrates Meets Kierkegaard by Peter Kreeft Pdf

"No philosopher since Augustine had more strings to his bow than SK."

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400846924

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Kierkegaard's Writings, II, Volume 2 by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

A work that "not only treats of irony but is irony," wrote a contemporary reviewer of The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates. Presented here with Kierkegaard's notes of the celebrated Berlin lectures on "positive philosophy" by F.W.J. Schelling, the book is a seedbed of Kierkegaard's subsequent work, both stylistically and thematically. Part One concentrates on Socrates, the master ironist, as interpreted by Xenophon, Plato, and Aristophanes, with a word on Hegel and Hegelian categories. Part Two is a more synoptic discussion of the concept of irony in Kierkegaard's categories, with examples from other philosophers and with particular attention given to A. W. Schlegel's novel Lucinde as an epitome of romantic irony. The Concept of Irony and the Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures belong to the momentous year 1841, which included not only the completion of Kierkegaard's university work and his sojourn in Berlin, but also the end of his engagement to Regine Olsen and the initial writing of Either/Or.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781897406014

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Philosophical Fragments, or, a Fragment of Philosophy by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

Author : Edward F. Mooney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351913768

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On Søren Kierkegaard by Edward F. Mooney Pdf

Tracing a path through Kierkegaard's writings, this book brings the reader into close contact with the texts and purposes of this remarkable 19th century Danish writer and thinker. Kierkegaard writes in a number of voices and registers: as a sharp observer and critic of Danish culture, or as a moral psychologist, and as a writer concerned to evoke the religious way of life of Socrates, Abraham, or a Christian exemplar. In developing these themes, Mooney sketches Kierkegaard's Socratic vocation, gives a close reading of several central texts, and traces 'The Ethical Sublime' as a recurrent theme. He unfolds an affirmative relationship between philosophy and theology and the potentialities for a religiousness that defies dogmatic creeds, secular chauvinisms, and restrictive philosophies.

Author : Clare Carlisle
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780241283592

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Philosopher of the Heart by Clare Carlisle Pdf

Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement 'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' Observer Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart. Over about a decade in the 1840s and 1850s, writings poured from his pen analysing love and suffering, courage and anxiety, religious longing and defiance, and forging a new philosophical style rooted in the inward drama of being human. As Christianity seemed to sleepwalk through a changing world, Kierkegaard dazzlingly revealed its spiritual power while exposing the poverty of official religion. His restless creativity was spurred on by his own failures: his relationship with the young woman whom he promised to marry, then left to devote himself to writing, haunted him throughout his life. Though tormented by the pressures of celebrity, he deliberately lived amidst the crowds in Copenhagen, known by everyone but, he felt, understood by no one. When he collapsed exhausted at the age of 42, he was still pursuing the question of existence: how to be a human being in this world? Clare Carlisle's innovative and moving biography writes Kierkegaard's remarkable life as far as possible from his own perspective, conveying what it was like to be this Socrates of Christendom - as he put it, living life forwards yet only understanding it backwards.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004691981

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The Concept of Irony by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

Author : Marc Alan Jolley
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780881462128

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Why Kierkegaard Matters by Marc Alan Jolley Pdf

Monographs on philosophers multiply daily but on occasion the question of why a particular philosopher matters. If we stop thinking about them by asking why, then will they cease to exist? When Mercer University Press opened its doors more than thirty years ago, it committed itself to religious studies in general, and to several thinkers. One of those was Soslash;ren Kierkegaard. Now, as the Press concludes a major publishing event with the completion of the International Kierkegaard Commentary, it seeks to honor the only series editor it has known: Robert Perkins. The method of this honor is by asking Why Kierkegaard Matters. The leading Kierkegaard scholars have contributed essays that range from the very personal and memoir-esque to the academic and analytical. As a result, this festshcrift is not only a book to honor an extraordinary editor, but is in it's own right a major contribution to the assessment of the importance of Kierkegaard. Written with the general reader in mind, this collection will prove useful by both scholar and student, and will lead the general reader to encounter one of the most original Christian philosophers in the history of the world.

Author : David F. Swenson
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0865548609

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Something about Kierkegaard (P244/Mrc) by David F. Swenson Pdf

Author : Jon Bartley Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Irony
ISBN : 9780198747703

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Søren Kierkegaard by Jon Bartley Stewart Pdf

Soren Kierkegaard: Subjectivity, Irony, and the Crisis of Modernity examines the thought of Soren Kierkegaard, a unique figure, who has inspired, provoked, fascinated, and irritated people ever since he walked the streets of Copenhagen. At the end of his life, Kierkegaard said that the onlymodel he had for his work was the Greek philosopher Socrates. This work takes this statement as its point of departure. Jon Stewart explores what Kierkegaard meant by this and to show how different aspects of his writing and argumentative strategy can be traced back to Socrates. The main focus isThe Concept of Irony, which is a key text at the beginning of Kierkegaard's literary career. Although it was an early work, it nevertheless played a determining role in his later development and writings. Indeed, it can be said that it laid the groundwork for much of what would appear in his laterfamous books such as Either/Or and Fear and Trembling.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard,Eduard Geismar
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781897406069

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The Portable Kierkegaard by Søren Kierkegaard,Eduard Geismar Pdf

Author : S©ıren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691020361

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Philosophical Fragments, Johannes Climacus by S©ıren Kierkegaard Pdf

The Danish philosopher's influential work, outlining the distinction between Socratic irony and the leap of faith required for Christian belief, argues that freedom, which cannot be understood or proved, is the necessary condition for Christianity. Also includes the unfinished narrative "Johannes Climacus" in which a man sets out to doubt everything - a critique of Cartesian and Hegelian approaches to philosophy.

Author : Benjamin Daise
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 086554655X

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Kierkegaard's Socratic Art by Benjamin Daise Pdf

And to a new awareness of Kierkegaard's skillful - and ethical - use of "indirect communication," much like a good midwife and very much in the way of the "Socratic/maieutic art.""--BOOK JACKET.