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Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
Soren Kierkegaard
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Description for Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
Paperback. These two complementary works give the reader a unique insight into the breadth and substance of Kierkegaard's thought. One reads like a novel and the other a Platonic dialogue but both concern the nature of love, faith, and happiness. These are the first translations to convey the literary quality and philosophical precision of the originals. Translator(s): Piety, M.G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
'The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love' So says Constantine Constantius on the first page of Kierkegaard's Repetition. Life itself, according to Kierkegaard's pseudonymous narrator, is a repetition, and in the course of this witty, playful work Constantius explores the nature of love and happiness, the passing of time and the importance of moving forward (and backward). The ironically entitled Philosophical Crumbs pursues the investigation of faith and love and their tense relationship with reason. Written only a year apart, these two works complement each other and give the reader a unique insight into ... Read more
'The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love' So says Constantine Constantius on the first page of Kierkegaard's Repetition. Life itself, according to Kierkegaard's pseudonymous narrator, is a repetition, and in the course of this witty, playful work Constantius explores the nature of love and happiness, the passing of time and the importance of moving forward (and backward). The ironically entitled Philosophical Crumbs pursues the investigation of faith and love and their tense relationship with reason. Written only a year apart, these two works complement each other and give the reader a unique insight into ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199214198
SKU
V9780199214198
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About Soren Kierkegaard
M.G.Piety has published numerous articles on Kierkegaard in journals and books. She has spent more consecutive years in Denmark than any other English-speaking Kierkegaard scholar and in the words of a Danish scholar, she is unique among translators of Kierkegaard in her mastery of Danish. Edward F. Mooney is the author of On Soren Kierkegaard: Dialogue, Polemics, Lost Intimacy ... Read more
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