Kierkegaard s concluding unscientific postscript summary. In the first comprehensive commentary on soren kierkegaards concluding unscientific postscript the eminent kierkegaard specialist niels thulstrup clarifies the books intricate allusions to the thought and literature of its own and past ages. For the first time in english the world community of scholars is systematically assembling and presenting the results of recent research in the vast literature of soren kierkegaard. Commentary on kierkegaards concluding unscientific postscript. The subsequent second authorship after the corsair affair made postscript the turning point in the entire authorship. Kierkegaards text of concluding unscientific postscript is vol. In concluding unscientific postscript, kierkegaard 1992 asserts that objectively the emphasis is on what is said. The second reference will no doubt be familiar to kierkegaard scholars.
Kierkegaard intended postscript to be his concluding work as an author. An outline concluding unscientific postrict to philosophical fragments is probably the most philosophically laden of all kierkegaards writings. This publication of the concluding unscientific postscript by soren kierkegaard, marks not only the first english translation of the greatest work of the danish. It marks the pinnacle of his pseudonymous authorship which was carried out in the mode of indirect communication as opposed to the direct, nonpseudonymous authorship of his religious works.
Ive outlined the argument in philosophical fragments below in order to provide some background. Commentary on kierkegaards concluding unscientific postscript niels thulstrup, robert j. C a mb r i d g e t ex t s i n t h e h i st o r y of philosophy kierkegaard concluding unscientific postscript cambridge texts in the history. Widenmann published by princeton university press thulstrup, niels and robert j. Concluding unscientific postscript is on one level a philosophical jest, yet on another it is climacuss characterization of the subjective thinkers relation to the truth of christianity. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read kierkegaards writings, xii, volume i. Unit 2702, nuo centre 2a jiangtai road, chaoyang district beijing 16, p.
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Kierkegaard s concluding unscientific postscript is a classic of existential literature. This publication of the concluding unscientific postscript by soren kierkegaard, marks not only the first english translation of the greatest work of the danish thinker, but it also marks the last work of its translator, whose devotion to kierkegaard began with his accidental discovery of this same work in a public library nearly forty years ago. Concluding unscientific postscript to philosophical. Whereas the movement in the earlier pseudonymous writings is away from the aesthetic, the movement in postscript is away from speculative thought. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading kierkegaards writings, xii, volume i. That it serves as such is no small achievement, and it is surely a credit to the editor, rick anthony furtak, that he kept the contributors from niggling with details that could have only. Kierkegaards concluding unscientific postscript summary. Concluding unscientific postscript can be considered as both the essence and the extended lecture of philosophy and theology of soren kierkegaard. In this work, socrates is acknowledged as the illustrious greek. What is required in order to go beyond socratic recollection of eternal. Commentary on kierkegaards concluding unscientific. Soren kierkegaards concluding unscientific postscript has provoked a lively variety of divergent interpretations for a century and a half. Written as an afterword to this work, concluding unscientific postscript is on one level a philosophical jest, yet on another it is climacuss characterization of the subjective thinkers relation to the truth of christianity. Download concludingunscientificpostscripttophilosophicalfragmentstext ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format.
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But the eternal essential truth is by no means in itself a paradox. Concluding unscientific postscript to philosophical fragments, volume 1 kierkegaards writings, vol 12. Kierkegaard s text of concluding unscientific postscript is vol. Concluding unscientific postscript to philosophical fragments v. Based on the definitive english edition of kierkegaard s works by princeton university press, this series of commentaries addresses all the published texts of the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read kierkegaard s writings, xii, volume i. The work criticizes the limits of hegelian philosophy so far as it attempts to comprehend faith, as well as other traditions of approximating.
Admittedly this outline is lacking because it doesnt fully explain kierkegaards reasoning. It concludes the first and richest phase of kierkegaard s pseudonymous authorship and is the text that philosophers look to first when attempting to define kierkegaard s own philosophy. What is required in order to go beyond socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the. Concluding unscientific postscript to philosophical fragments.
The work is a poignant attack against hegelianism, the philosophy of hegel, especially hegels science of logic. Concluding unscientific postscript by kierkegaard, soren ebook. Kierkegaards concluding unscientific postscript edited. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. Concluding unscientific postscript to philosophical fragments kierkegaards writings by. Buy a cheap copy of concluding unscientific postscript to. Concluding unscientific postscript soren kierkegaard. Kierkegaard explains how objective truth may differ from subjective truth, and how objectivity differs from subjectivity. The concluding unscientific postscript to the philosophical fragments is, as its name suggests, the sequel to philosophical fragments and is published under the pseudonym johannes climacus, but also credits kierkegaard as editor. If all youre interested in is the main text, purchase vol. Hong translator in philosophical fragments the pseudonymous author johannes climacus explored the question. It has been both celebrated and condemned as the chief inspiration for twentiethcentury existential thought, as a subversive parody. Start reading kierkegaards writings, xii, volume i on your kindle in under a minute. In philosophical fragments the pseudonymous author johannes climacus explored the question.
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