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Kierkegaard set philosophy on its ear with this novel. The young title character decides to follow in the footsteps of his philosopher heroes. As he tries to adapt to their ways, however, he realizes that the paradigms proposed by Hegel and others are virtually impossible to live by and that these great thinkers in truth were frauds.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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'The first postmodern ironist' New Statesman Sooren Kierkegaard says: 'Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards...'
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An interesting fragment,
By Nathaniel Avery (Bicton, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Johannes Climacus: A Life of Doubt (Paperback)
This slight novella tells the tale of Johannes Climacus, interspersing philosophical investigation with his personal information.Kierkegaard is considered the father of existentialism, and it is just as evident here. The attempt to impose a static philosophy on the process of becoming leads to philosophic untruth and irrelevance. There is something of aesthetic brilliance in the dialectical fortresses they construct, but no individual could ever be contained in those propositions. It is in the form of Johannes Climacus that Kierkegaard expresses his revelation. The book is skillfully constructed and witty. For someone interested in Kierkegaard's thought, but turned off by his monstrous, enigmatic books like Either/Or, I would recommend this book. This is philosophy that reaches the individual but never forces him into a system to regurgitate.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An interesting fragment,
By Nathaniel Avery - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Johannes Climacus: A Life of Doubt (Paperback)
This slight novella tells the tale of Johannes Climacus, interspersing philosophical investigation with his personal information.Kierkegaard is considered the father of existentialism, and it is just as evident here. The attempt to impose a static philosophy on the process of becoming leads to philosophic untruth and irrelevance. There is something of aesthetic brilliance in the dialectical fortresses they construct, but no individual could ever be contained in those propositions. It is in the form of Johannes Climacus that Kierkegaard expresses his revelation. The book is skillfully constructed and witty. For someone interested in Kierkegaard's thought, but turned off by his monstrous, enigmatic books like Either/Or, I would recommend this book. This is philosophy that reaches the individual but never forces him into a system to regurgitate. |
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