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Original Title:	The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals
ISBN:	0486427137 (ISBN13: 9780486427133)
Edition Language:	English

The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals

Søren Kierkegaard

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 36 Users | 10 Reviews

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Title	:	The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals
Author	:	Søren Kierkegaard
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	March 14th 2003 by Dover Publications
Categories	:	Philosophy. Nonfiction. Biography

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"The primary source for any understanding of either the man or his thought." — The Times (London) Literary Supplement
Denmark's foremost philosopher and religious writer, Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) maintained a journal throughout his adult life that amounted to more than 7,000 pages of alternative drafts of published works, biographical events, musings, and outpourings. A precursor of the Existential movement and a major influence on modern Protestant theology, Kierkegaard confided to his journal further reflections on the ideas developed in his philosophical and theological works, and on his tumultuous career as an author.
The English periodical, The Tablet, declared that "there can be few books in English that admit the reader so intimately to a process of thinking on such a scale, at so many levels, so unflinching and direct." Indeed, the journals attest to the philosopher's lively imagination, his poetic powers of self-expression, and the brilliance of his intellect. Students of philosophy and literature are bound to agree with The New Statesman's assessment that, "No biography can take the place of these Journals for the understanding of Kierkegaard’s very peculiar position as a thinker."

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I got the first edition by Haper Torchbooks (1959), which is much more modestly and simply titled, "The Journals of Kierkegaard."

Hyperbolic re-titling aside, it is a shame that this collection (originally titled The Journals of Kierkegaard, and published in 1959) is the most accessible. I think, of the major Kierkegaard translators, Dru is the weakest, both in terms of clarity (for which I prefer the Hongs) and poetry (Kaufman). What should be engrossing becomes ponderous. But it is nonetheless enlightening and very interesting.

spiritual...

A nice insight into his life but compared to his other works, it left me wanting.

Slowly but surely my Christian metaphysic is undergoing a paradigm shift. Søren Kierkegaard's prose is so utterly elegant, robust, forthright, poignant, amicable yet melancholy. As such, I've traveled with this man throughout his entire life with this collection of his journal entries: I've never been more attracted to a thinker in my life. This paradigm shift--I pray--is a revaluation of previous presuppositions, and a manifestation of truths I've always known but have hitherto lacked the

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. Kierkegaard strongly criticised both the Hegelianism of his time and what he saw as the empty formalities of the Church of Denmark. Much of his work deals with religious themes such as faith in God, the institution of the Christian Church, Christian ethics and theology, and the emotions and feelings ofIt's very compelling.Not as heavy as his other works,but it really helped me understand his other works..