Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Søren
Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for
its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The
Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard as the father of
existentialism and have come to define his contribution to philosophy.
Lowrie's translation, first published in 1941 and later revised, was
the first in English, and it has introduced hundreds of thousands of
readers to Kierkegaard's thought. Kierkegaard counted Fear and
Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death among "the most perfect books I
have written," and in them he introduces two terms--"the absurd" and
"despair"--that have become key terms in modern thought. Fear and
Trembling takes up the story of Abraham and Isaac to explore a faith
that transcends the ethical, persists in the face of the absurd, and
meets its reward in the return of all that the faithful one is willing
to sacrifice, while The Sickness Unto Death examines the spiritual
anxiety of despair. Walter Lowrie's magnificent translation of these
seminal works continues to provide an ideal introduction to
Kierkegaard. And, as Gordon Marino argues in a new introduction, these
books are as relevant as ever in today's age of anxiety.
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9781400846160
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2013
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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