The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification and Awakening by Anti-ClimacusOne of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment - including some that may seem just the opposite - and offering a much-discussed formula for the eradication of despair. With its penetrating account of the self, this late work by Kierkegaard was hugely influential upon twentieth-century philosophers including Karl Jaspers, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. The Sickness unto Death can be regarded as one of the key works of theistic existentialist thought - a brilliant and revelatory answer to one man's struggle to fill the spiritual void. |
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Sickness unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification ... Soren Kierkegaard No preview available - 1989 |
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abstract actual Alastair Hannay Anti-Climacus become Caesar believe called Christ Christendom comprehend Concept of Anxiety Concept of Dread Concluding Unscientific Postscript consciousness Copenhagen Danish deeper defiance definition demonic despair not wanting despair wants dialectical doctrine earthly ethical everything is possible existence expression fact faith Fear and Trembling forgiveness of sins form of despair God’s goes Hans Lassen Martensen heightened ideal ignorance illness illusion imagination imbalance immediacy immediate person individual intensification Kierkegaard kind of despair later lives lose man’s means nature necessity never one’s oneself opposite paganism particular human passion perhaps petty bourgeois Philosophical Fragments possibility of offence precisely priest pseudonym qualitative reflection Regine Regine Olsen religious selfhood sense Sickness unto Death simply sinner Socrates someone Søren Søren Kierkegaards speak speculative spirit spiritlessness suicide synthesis talk thing torment translated true truth understanding understood wanting in despair weakness whole words