In PHILOSOPHICAL FRAGMENTS, S???ren Kierkegaard (writing under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus), seeks to explain the nature of Christianity in such as way as to bring out its demands on the individual, and to emphasize its incompatibility with the theology based on the work of Hegel that was becoming progressively more influential in Denmark. If one were to read only two or three of Kierkegaard's works, this is unquestionably one of the ones to read. One cannot understand Kierkegaard's thought without reading this book, ...
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In PHILOSOPHICAL FRAGMENTS, S???ren Kierkegaard (writing under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus), seeks to explain the nature of Christianity in such as way as to bring out its demands on the individual, and to emphasize its incompatibility with the theology based on the work of Hegel that was becoming progressively more influential in Denmark. If one were to read only two or three of Kierkegaard's works, this is unquestionably one of the ones to read. One cannot understand Kierkegaard's thought without reading this book, and along with its sequel represents the heart of what he was trying to achieve in what he called his "Authorship." Through PHILOSOPHICAL FRAGMENTS, Kierkegaard purports to present the logic of Christianity.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 105. xxx, 105 pp. Translated from the Danish with introduction and notes by David F. Swenson. Corners slightly bumped; spine scuffed. Light marginalia in pencil. Printed for the American Scandinavian Foundation.
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Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Good hardcover in poor, chipped and torn dust jacket. Sixth printing. Prior owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spot stain or oil blotch stain on bottom edge corner, affecting front pastedown and initial pages. Cover in very good condition, in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Sm 4to. 105pp.
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Good in Good jacket. First impression of second edition, 1962. Good in good lightly soiled and chipped unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the incomparable "Philosopher Magician", Eugene Burger on the front endpaper. The second edition: "Originally Translated and Introduced by David Swenson; New Introduction and Commentary by Niels Thulstrup; Translation revised and Commentary Translated by Howard Hong. Laid in, a paper of handwritten citations from Kierkegaard, reflections on the "stage of life", and "the power of death", "because life does not have the power to captivate us as death does". The provenance of this item is the library of a fellow Yale student who was studying Kierkegaard at the time Burger was at Yale divinity school. Burger graduated in 1964. This signature does not match Burger's later 'stage' signature. But listening to the recently deceased 'philosopher magician' on You Tube ("On Death"), it seems far, far more than likely--that this is his copy of "Philosophical Fragments" by Kierkegaard. We are betting on it. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
