Papers and Journals (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Kierkegaard, Soren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140445897 ISBN 13: 9780140445893

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1996

Synopsis

One of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century, Søren Kierkegaard (1814-55) often expressed himself through pseudonyms and disguises. Taken from his personal writings, these private reflections reveal the development of his own thought and personality, from his time as a young student to the deep later internal conflict that formed the basis for his masterpiece of duality Either/Or and beyond. Expressing his beliefs with a freedom not seen in works he published during his lifetime, Kierkegaard here rejects for the first time his father's conventional Christianity and forges the revolutionary idea of the 'leap of faith' required for true religious belief. A combination of theoretical argument, vivid natural description and sharply honed wit, the Papers and Journals reveal to the full the passionate integrity of his lifelong efforts 'to find a truth which is truth for me'.

About this title

About the Author:

Rudyard Kipling, (1865-1936), English short-story writer, novelist and poet. Kipling was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1907). His most popular works include The Jungle Book (1894) and the Just So Stories (1902), both children's classics though they have attracted adult audiences also.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140445897
• ISBN 13: 9780140445893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Hannay Alastair