Name: For Self-Examination
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Author: Søren Kierkegaard
ISBN: 9780691020662

Type

Physical Book

Author

Søren Kierkegaard

Illustrated by

Howard V. Hong

Translated by

Howard V. Hong

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

1991

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN

0691020663

ISBN13

9780691020662

Synopsis "For Self-Examination "

For Self-Examination and its companion piece Judge for Yourself! are the culmination of S ren Kierkegaard's "second authorship," which followed his Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Among the simplest and most readily comprehended of Kierkegaard's books, the two works are part of the signed direct communications, as distinguished from his earlier pseudonymous writings. The lucidity and pithiness, and the earnestness and power, of For Self-Examination and Judge for Yourself! are enhanced when, as Kierkegaard requested, they are read aloud. They contain the well-known passages on Socrates' defense speech, how to read, the lover's letter, the royal coachman and the carriage team, and the painter's relation to his painting. The aim of awakening and inward deepening is signaled by the opening section on Socrates in For Self-Examination and is pursued in the context of the relations of Christian ideality, grace, and response. The secondary aim, a critique of the established order, links the works to the final polemical writings that appear later after a four-year period of silence.

Søren Kierkegaard

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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (Copenhague, 1813-1855) fue un filósofo, teólogo y escritor danés considerado el padre del existencialismo. Su obra se centra en la angustia, la libertad, la fe y la paradoja de la existencia humana, explorando siempre la relación entre el individuo y Dios. En Temor y temblor, uno de sus textos más influyentes, reflexiona sobre la figura bíblica de Abraham y el sacrificio de Isaac, planteando la tensión entre la ética universal y el deber religioso individual, una paradoja que muestra los límites de la razón frente a la fe.

Kierkegaard escribió bajo múltiples seudónimos, lo que le permitió desplegar diferentes estilos y perspectivas en sus libros. Sus reflexiones fueron poco comprendidas en su tiempo, pero hoy son referencia indispensable en la filosofía moderna, la teología y la literatura. Sus ideas han influido en autores como Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger y Simone de Beauvoir, consolidando su papel como pionero de la filosofía existencial.

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