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In Philosophical Fragments the pseudonymous author Johannes Climacus explored the question: What is required in order to go beyond Socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the learner? Written as an afterword to this work, Concluding Unscientific Postscript is on one level a philosophical jest, yet on another it is Climacus's characterization of the subjective thinker's relation to the truth of Christianity. At once ironic, humorous, and polemical, this work takes on the "unscientific" form of a mimical-pathetical-dialectical compilation of ideas. Whereas the movement in the earlier pseudonymous writings is away from the aesthetic, the movement in Postscript is away from speculative thought. Kierkegaard intended Postscript to be his concluding work as an author. The subsequent "second authorship" after The Corsair Affair made Postscript the turning point in the entire authorship. Part One of the text volume examines the truth of Christianity as an objective issue, Part Two the subjective issue of what is involved for the individual in becoming a Christian, and the volume ends with an addendum in which Kierkegaard acknowledges and explains his relation to the pseudonymous authors and their writings. The second volume contains the scholarly apparatus, including a key to references and selected entries from Kierkegaard's journals and papers. ... Read more

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Supplement to vol. 1
Kierkegaard's text of Concluding Unscientific Postscript is vol. 1 of this edition.Volume 2 contains the translators' and editors' extensive notes, excerpts from Kierkegaard's journals relevant to the main text of CUP, and bibliographic and indexing material.If all you're interested in is the main text, purchase vol. 1 only.However, this is a difficult text and the notes are detailed and very useful.I highly recommend reading it.

A comic tour de force
To begin with, the title is a joke. This is the in keeping with the putative author of the piece. Johannes Climacus (who is named for the Seventh Century Hermit and Monk, St. John Climacus) is a humorist. Ahumorist, as he will point out, is someone on edge of becoming religious,but is not yet religious and, in fact, may never become religious. Thatbeing said, back to the title. "Concluding," as is obvious, implies that SKintended this to be his last book (in a separate declaration published withthe book he acknowledges all the previous pseudonyms with the proviso thatno one should quote him directly unless it is from a book that bears hisname as author and claims that he has no privileged access to thepseudonyms than any other reader). However, as the result of a religiousconversion after it's publication, it became the middle child of hisauthorship, recapitulating all that had come before and pointing forwardtoward new things yet to be imagined. "Unscientific" is a dig at Hegel. Ifone wishes to over-simplify one may say that SK's position is Either/Or:Either there is a God and the world actually means something, Or there isno God and the world is absurd, meaningless and accidental. Hegel abolishedGod and attempted to find meaning in historical process. This is the"science" for which SK has such contempt. For this reason, SK refuses tocall himself a philosopher, content to call himself a "poet." If a fraudlike Hegel is a philosopher, then he wants no part of the designation."Postscript" is where the joke comes in. This book is a "Postscript to thePhilosophical Fragments." The "Philosophical Fragments" is, therefore, a100 page book with a 600 page postscript attached (that's the joke ha ha) Of all of SK's books this is my favorite. It is his funniest and either youkeep your eye carefully peeled or you will miss a joke (the first time youread it you will miss hundreds of them). And in typical SK fashion the morehe jokes the more deadly serious he is (by the end he is claiming the book,in its entirety, is a joke). The central distinction is between our ideasabout things and the things themselves. If you have any trouble, there isalways Merold Westphal's "Becoming a Self," a good commentary. The onlyproblem is that he probably takes SK more seriously than SK would becomfortable with. That's not necessarily a good thing. You lose too manygood jokes in the process.

My favorite work in philosophy
More of an endorsement than a review.No book has had as much impact on my life as has this one, unless it is Kierkegaard's THE SICKNESS UNTO DEATH.I have probably read this all the way through at least five times, and plan on reading it several times again.The greatest praise I can bestow on this volume is that it is supremely practical.Unlike most philosophy since Kierkegaard's day, this is a book that can actually effect the way one lives one's life. ... Read more

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Stages on Life's Way, the sequel to Either/Or, is an intensely poetic example of Kierkegaard's vision of the three stages, or spheres, of existence: the esthetic, the ethical, and the religious. With characteristic love for mystification, he presents the work as a bundle of documents fallen by chance into the hands of "Hilarius Bookbinder," who prepared them for printing. The book begins with a banquet scene patterned on Plato's Symposium. (George Brandes maintained that "one must recognize with amazement that it holds its own in this comparison.") Next is a discourse by "Judge William" in praise of marriage "in answer to objections." The remainder of the volume, almost two-thirds of the whole, is the diary of a young man, discovered by "Frater Taciturnus," who was deeply in love but felt compelled to break his engagement. The work closes with a letter to the reader from Taciturnus on the three "existence-spheres" represented by the three parts of the book.

Stages on Life's Way not only repeats themes, characters, and pseudonymous authors of the earlier works but also goes beyond them and points to further development of central ideas in Concluding Unscientific Postscript. ... Read more

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Agreed, one of the greatest books.
This book moves from comic fiction to beautiful oration, to intense tragedy, to accessible philosophical analysis--in that order.I can say about the first section: I laughed out loud.You don't think about that with Kierkegaard,but he was a writer's writer--could have been anything.Concerning the second section, I read a portion during a best man speech and it brought people to tears.The pastor requested a copy. And for the last two sections, it was hard going; so tragic to see a mind fall apart in fiction, and then to have it explained.But SK was, as is said above, explaining his theory of existence-spheres, which is a surprisingly down-to-earth concept of great usefulness to anyone.SK is consistently misinterpreted by philosophy buffs, but I tell you from experience, if you live his writings alongside him, you will understand and be the better for it.SK is a St. Paul for our time, and because of this book I dodged a few bullets: big ones!SK has four types of books: propositional (e.g. this one), psychological (e.g. The Concept of Anxiety), polemic (e.g. the Moment essays), and homiletic (e.g. Without Authority), and ALL fall under the category of inspirational.Look up his self-written epitaph.May he rest in peace, and he writes peace to those who genuinely seek it in Christ; thus he is often misunderstood as just another "philosopher."

One of the greatest books ever written
For a long time, _Stages on Life's Way_ sat atop the list of my favorite books of all time.This book is a gut-wrenching account of Kierkegaard's tragic problems with women, and is a vivid portrait of a man who is snake-bit in his love life.I can especially relate to this book, being that I am not married, most likely never will be married, and am singlemindedly obsessed with sitting around reading philosophers like Kierkegaard and Jung.I can honestly attest that I broke up with the love of my life, with no regrets, just because she was preventing me from reading as much Kierkegaard as I would have liked.And this is eerily similar to Kierkegaard's own experience in this book.

Although this book still qualifies as non-fiction philosophy, it often has an autobiographical, and sometimes outright ficticious feel to it.This ultimately enhances the readability of the book, because it often refers to situations inspired by the author's own experiences; these real-life situations then help to exemplify and clarify Kierkegaard's key concepts.It is frustrating to read authors who expound one abstract theory after another and never bother to set-up a realistic situation in which these human-behavioral concepts might come into play.Kierkegaard is almost never guilty of doing this.His style is always firmly grounded in reality, and is thereby more readily translatable than most other authors from the same time period.

I highly recommend this book to anyone out there, especially someone who, like myself, has found himself torn between a philosophy-centered avocation and a love life which always seems to be trying to tear us away from our real passions and duties.If I could give it 6 stars I would. Unconditionally recommended.

A"Repetition" on Either/Or
This book is a second and more complete version of Either/Or. It is more complete in that instead of ending with a sermon (The edification to be found in the thought that before God we are all in the wrong)as doesEither/Or, it actually explores the religious sphere, the highest sphere ofexistence in Kierkegaard's schema. As in all of Kierkegaard's writings,this is not an abstract exploratiton of the spheres, but is embodied incharacters, the most characters in any of Kierkegaard's work. It is analarmingly complex and aggravating work. The aggravation comes in with thecharacters occassionally demanding to know whether the reader has a lifeand how can s/he possibly waste his time with drivel like this. The work isdivided into three parts, one for each sphere. The aesthetic sphere isrepresented by a updating of Plato's Symposium, with Kierkegaard repeatinga number of pervious characters, (Constantine Constantinus, Victor Eremita,the Young Man, Johannes the Seducer) and introducing a new character, theFashion designer. The subject of the speeches: Women. The second part,presenting the Ethical sphere, heralds the return of Judge William from thesecond part of Either/Or, this time uncomfortably sandwiched between theAesthetic and the religious spheres. In Either/Or he is smug, but in thisbook he cannot pretend his position has any kind of ultimacy. The Religiouscalls his position constantly into question. The ethical is the relative,the religious the absolute. The Ethical claims we should repent our sins,while the religous claims that all the sins of the world are our sins, andnot only collectively, but individually. We must repent the sins of theentire world. This is something the ethical cannot accept. The Religioussphere is represented by "Quidams's Diary." This is a repetitionon the "Seducer's diary" which ends the first half of Either/Or.This time, however, the principal is a sufferer instead of a predator. Heis hopeless, sad and sorrowful having just ended an unhappy love affair.This sorrow launches him beyond the ethical into a dark night of the soul.The Diary entries are interpursed,on the fifth of each month (Kierkegaardwas born on the fifth of May) by brilliant little stories which comment onthe process of the soul's healing. Frater Taciturnus (Brother Silent,perhaps related to Johannes de silento of Fear and Trembling?) alsoprovides a commentary. The problem with the book is that once Kierkegaardclaimed that he wanted his reader to expend as much effort reading hisbooks as he did in writing them. He has made sure in this case that hewould achieve this goal. If it weren't for the quality and overwhelmingwealth of the content, this one wouldn't worth it. As it is, you shouldprobably read the earlier books of Kierkegaard's authorship first. Withthis one, you need all the help you can get. ... Read more

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Innocence is ignorance and knowledge is sin (Christian)
Being human and homo sapiens is an adventure of being nothingness standing at the brink of the abyss not knowing anything about reality and having to make desitions in a vacuum. Not knowing or not being able to tell good from evil but feeling responsible to do the good thing, or feeling bad for having done evil. Our nothingness in an animated conversation with our ignorance or inocence. You are full with fear and take your attention away from reality. You go to your virtual reality presented by your senses and to your imagination. ... Read more

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This is an introduction to the influence of Kierkegaard's thought on the development of modern theology. Kierkegaard is in many respects an enigmatic figure. About half of his published work appears under an array of pseudonyms and Kierkegaard himself advises that readers should not presume his agreement with any of the views appearing under pseudonymous authorship. Alongside the pseudonymous works are a long series of discourses published under Kierkegaard's own name, and accompanying the whole corpus are six volumes of Journals in which Kierkegaard experiments with ideas and makes note of his own questions and discoveries. Kierkegaard's concern throughout the authorship was to make clear, in opposition to the corrosive forces of Christendom and the posturing of contemporary philosophy, what authentic Christian faith consists in. "The Philosophy and Theology" series looks at major philosophers and explores their relevance to theological thought as well as the response of theology. ... Read more

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"The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love." So says Constantine Constantius on the first page of Kierkegaard's Repetition. Life itself, according to Kierkegaard's pseudonymous narrator, is a repetition, and in the course of this witty, playful work Constantius explores the nature of love and happiness, the passing of time and the importance of moving forward (and backward). The ironically entitled Philosophical Crumbs pursues the investigation of faith and love and their tense relationship with reason. Written only a year apart, these two short works are a perfect introduction to Kierkegaard's philosophy: playful and profound, they explore notions of love and time, selfhood and Christianity, and pave the way for his later major works. These are the first English translations to convey both the philosophical precision of the originals and their literary quality. Edward F. Mooney's Introduction deftly guides the reader through Kierkegaard's key arguments and concepts, while helpful notes identify references and allusions and clarify difficulties in the texts. ... Read more

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Repetition and Crumbs
This translation does a good job of making Kierkegaard accessible to the common reader. It hightlights the subtle sense of humor and unique observations of a philosopher whose prose often comes across in other English translations as dense and obscure. ... Read more

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This book is revolutionary for NT studies
All of our canonical gospels were written originally in Greek. This is what everyone in the academe thinks, and everyone in the academe thinks so because all the evidence points this way, and no evidence indicates otherwise. And no evidence indicates otherwise because everyone thinks thatanything that might indicate otherwise does not really counts asevidence?

In spite of the fact that everyone thinks that Yeshu andfriends and most of the earliest Christians all spoke primarily if notexclusively a Semitic tongue, everyone also thinks that all of ourcanonical gospels were authored originally in Greek. Somehow this alwaysseemed a little doubtful to me; something just didn't make sense here.Well, now that I looked into this mater for myself, what do we have?There's this highly intriguing Hebrew gospel of Matthew, as preserved in amedieval work by Shem-Tob ben-Shaprut, that seems quite early.

Prof.George Howard has done a lot of work on this gospel, and his book shows it.He saved HebMt from its undeserved obscurity.

Shem-Tob Ben Yitzachben-Shaprut, a Jewish scholar working in Spain, preserved this document inhis polemical treatise EVAN BOHAN that dates to the 14th century (ca 1380C.E.). It is now agreed upon almost universally that Shem-Tob did not makethe translation himself. He received the Hebrew text from some previoustradents, most likely Jewish. So who prepared the translation, and when? Oris it really a translation? Maybe it's the real thing? Perhaps it is theGreek Mt that was the translation from the Hebrew? And what does thismysterious gospel do to the Synoptic problem, and to the theorising aboutthe HJ?

After reading Howard's book, it seems to me that some of theanswers to these questions may lie on the surface, while others stillremain hazy and need more research. Nevertheless, it seems reasonably clearthat the Hebrew text was not the product of some medieval translator. Atleast some parts of this text, indeed, seem to go back to earlyantiquity.In my view, theHebrew Gospel of Matthew is now well on its way towards making a revolutionin biblical scholarsip. The wheels of academic scholarship grind slowly,but eventually they always produce results, and good evidence always findsacceptance in the end.

Unfortunately not enough attention is given tothis text so far. Buy this book and read it. This is a very importantbook.

Yuri. ... Read more

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As a spiritual autobiography, Kierkegaard's The Point of View for My Work as an Author stands with such great works as Augustine's Confessions and Newman's Apologia pro vita sua--but with a difference. It is neither a confessional autobiography nor a defense. It is an author's story of a lifetime of writing, his understanding of the common aim and comprehensive coherence of the maze of his greatly varied pseudonymous and signed works.

In an earlier work, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard acknowledged his authorship of the series of pseudonymous works that began with Either/Or. With the imminent publication of the second edition of Either/Or, the pseudonymous series would come full circle, and Kierkegaard again intended to cease writing. Now was the time for a direct "report to history" on the authorship as a whole. In addition to the resulting Point of View, which was published posthumously, the present volume also contains the companion pieces Armed Neutrality and On My Work as an Author, a contemporary substitute for the postponed Point of View.

Supplementary entries taken from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers document the context and the development of the writings on the authorship as a whole. In addition, they disclose Kierkegaard's considerations as he wrestled with decisions about publishing the three works and other works that were the "fruit of the year 1848 ... the year of my richest productivity." ... Read more

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Probably the place to start in reading Kierkegaard
The greatest challenge for any newcomer to Kierkegaard is finding the best place to gain an overview. In my opinion, this is the finest place to start. In the main work in this collection, THE POINT OF VIEW (the book also contains some smaller pieces on his Authorship), Kierkegaard sets out to explain his purposes and strategy in writing the books constituting what he calls his Authorship. Students of Kierkegaard generally refer to these books as his Pseudonymous Authorship, because in all of these he writes none of them under his own name, but employs a variety of fictionalized authors, who represent a particular point of view that is not that of Kierkegaard himself. The Pseudonymous works are contrasted with what has become to be known as Kierkegaard's Second Literature (a descriptions attributed to Kierkegaard scholar Robert L. Perkins), which comprises his edifying works and his later religious works, most of which were published under Kierkegaard's own name, though with a couple of his greatest later works published under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus.

Some of these works, such as EITHER/OR I, contain writings on a variety of aesthetic topics. Many of the books deal with either ethical or religious topics, though the latter never from within a religious perspective. Kierkegaard's main argument in the POINT OF VIEW is that from first to last he was, even when writing on aesthetic topics, a religious author. The Pseudonymous works all presuppose a theory of stages, which Kierkegaard describes as moving from the aesthetic to the ethical and into the religious (the precise prepositions, according to SK, being of the utmost importance).

It is not clear that Kierkegaard had a precise understanding of all this at the moment he was writing the first of his Pseudonymous works, but it is unquestionable that he moved to this point of view fairly early on. This little volume is, therefore, a wonderful introduction to Kierkegaard's most famous works, and remains one of the most fascinating reflections by a great writer on the nature of his own work ever written. ... Read more

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Søren Kierkegaard
Die Zukunft

Was wird geschehen? was wird die Zukunft bringen? Ich weiß nicht; ich ahne nichts. Wenn eine Spinne sich von einem festen Punkte aus in ihre Konsequenzen hinabstürzt, da sieht sie vor sich beständig einen leeren Raum, in welchem sie nirgends Fuß findet, wie sehr sie auch zappeln mag. Geradeso geht es mir. Vorn immer ein leerer Raum; was mich vorwärts treibt, ist eine Konsequenz, deren erster Anstoß hinter mir liegt. Dieses Leben ist ein verkehrtes und schreckliches, nicht zum Aushalten.
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1230 pp. "Published in two volumes in 1843, Either/Or (original Danish title: Enten ? Eller) is an influential book written by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, exploring the aesthetic and ethical "phases" or "stages" of existence. Either/Or portrays two life views, one consciously hedonistic, the other based on ethical duty and responsibility. Each life view is written and represented by a fictional pseudonymous author, the prose of the work depending on the life view being discussed. For example, the aesthetic life view is written in short essay form, with poetic imagery and allusions, discussing aesthetic topics such as music, seduction, drama, and beauty. The ethical life view is written as two long letters, with a more argumentative and restrained prose, discussing moral responsibility, critical reflection, and marriage. The views of the book are not neatly summarized, but are expressed as lived experiences embodied by the pseudonymous authors. The book's central concern is the primal question asked by Aristotle, "How should we live?"" - Wikipedia ... Read more

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A lucid and understandable guide to Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher and founding father of Existentialism. ... Read more

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Best clear, concise intro/orientation book on Kierkegaard !
What an absolute pleasure it was to finally read a book on Kierkegaard that not only gets to the salient themes & thought of `The Father Of Existentialism' but also presents them in a readily understandable manner. Michael Watts has added a very important source book to the ever-expanding library of literary works on Kierkegaard. He has been able to distill Kierkegaard's complex original works into meaningful & manageable vignettes that compel the serious reader to seek out & explore more of the Danish philosopher's works. Michael Watts' work on Kierkegaard invites the reader to stop, look & listen to personal `truths' in Kierkegaard's works that one can be guided by in one's own ongoing process of becoming the `self'.

An absolutely first class intro to Kierkeaard!!!
I regard Kierkegaard not only as the true father of existentialism but also as an outstanding philosopher whose ideas have been, and still are, a major inspiration for thinkers in the world of philosophy, psychology and religion. Michael Watts has presented an extraordinary introduction that will appeal not only to the complete beginner but also to advanced students of philosophy. His lucid and inspiring explanations of Kierkegaard's thought have considerably improved my understanding of Kierkegaard's conceptions of faith and anxiety, and his coverage of Kierkegaard's most important work 'Fear and Trembling' is by far the clearest and most comprehensive I have come across. I thoroughly and confidently recommend this text, expecially since Professor Alistair Hannay of the University of Oslo, who is an acknowledged world authority on Kierkegaard, wrote a two page foreword in praise of this book! ... Read more

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The incidental writings of Søren Kierkegaard, published in the twenty-volume Danish edition of the Papirer, provide direct access to the thought of the many-faceted nineteenth-century philosopher who exerted so profound an influence on Protestant theology and modern existentialism. This important material, which Danish scholars regard as the "key to the scriptures" of Kierkegaard's other work, spans his entire productive life, the last entry of the Papirer being dated only a few days before his death. These writings have been previously inaccessible in English except for a few fragmentary selections; the most significant writings are now being made available in this definitive seven-volume edition under the editorship of two expert scholars and translators.

The editors group the selections in Volumes I through IV by theme, with all entries on a given subject under the same heading. Within subject headings, entries are arranged chronologically, making it feasible to trace the evolution of Kierkegaard's thought on a specific topic. Volumes V and VI are devoted to autobiographical material. Volume VII contains an extensive index with topical crossreferences.

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"This book attempts to unlock the Climacus section of Kierkegaard's pseudonymous literature by way of a sustained analysis of the key concepts discussed in the works: existence and the ethical, truth and subjectivity, indirect communication, guilt and suffering, irony and humor, reason and paradox, faith and history. The perspective is sympathetic, yet critical, and Kierkengaard's issues are considered in relation to contemporary philosophical themes and arguments." by Philosopher's Index

"The reason this book is such a delight to read is the consummate skill with which the explication of these themes is carried out. On the one hand, even for those like this reviewer, who have been reading and writing about Kierkegaard for years, Evans has fresh insight and illuminating interpretations of the themes he discusses and their relations to each other, not occasionally but with remarkable regularity. On the other hand, he writes with a lucidity and simplicity which make this volume an ideal companion for those turning to the Fragments and Postscript for the first time." by Merold Westphal, FAITH & PHILOSOPHY

"A student would find this work a valuable introduction to major emphases that Climacus shares with Kierkegaard...But the work's greatest value may be its clear and authoritative exposition of the Postscript on the nature of religion in relation to Christianity...Recommended for libraries at all levels." by CHOICE

"This book is an invaluable companion for anyone who wishes to delve into these highly technical, philosophical works of Kierkegaard." by Thomas C. Anderson, THE MODERN SCHOOLMAN

"Evan's book is one of the members of a very small class of books that could be called 'the best in English,' a class, perhaps, with only four or five members." by Robert L. Perkins, KIERKGAARD NEWSLETTER ... Read more

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Kierkegaard's fans! don't miss this book!
I believe that Dr. Evans has provided us with one of the best secondary books about Kierkegaard! I have been truly benefited in my study through this book. It's a carefully argued and delightfully written book. You can't miss the insights that will benefit you 'existentially' from this book! ... Read more

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" 'I can be understood only after my death,' Kierkegaard noted prophetically: the fulfillment of this expectation for the English-speaking world a century and a quarter later is signified by the English translation in authoritative editions of all his works by the indefatigable Howard and Edna Hong.... The importance of [the Papirer] was emphasized by Kierkegaard himself.... The essentially religious interpretation he gave to his mission in life and his personal relationships is now documented clearly and exhaustively.... Obviously, these editions are essential for academic and large general collections." -- Library Journal

"From this point on, anyone interested in tracking down a Kierkegaardian theme will have to consult the Hong presentation as well as the books of Kierkegaard." -- Annual Review of Philosophy

"The translations are entirely excellent. One envies the Hongs their capacity in language, the breadth of their reading in Kierkegaard and his sources, and the dedication they brought to this Herculean task. The assistance of Gregor Malantschuk has contributed materially to the notes which serve as trenchant summariesof Kierkegaard's thought on the topics.... This is indeed a monumental work." -- Review of Metaphysics

"... [an] astonishing labor of editing and translating... " -- International Studies in Philosophy

"Howard and Edna Hong have brought to the task solid scholarship, linguistic competence, an imaginative and useful arrangement of the material, and a scrupulous self-effacement before the work. No one could ask for more." -- Citation of the Judges at the National Book Awards

"We must be grateful to the Hongs for their enormous labor.... Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers are worth having for angry days, or 'inward' days; especially when they have been translated in as lively and sensitive a manner as are the texts in this first volume." -- Nation

The incidental writings of Søren Kierkegaard, published in the twenty-volume Danish edition of the Papirer, provide direct access to the thought of the many-faceted nineteenth-century philosopher who exerted so profound an influence on Protestant theology and modern existentialism. This important material, which Danish scholars regard as the "key to the scriptures" of Kierkegaard's other work, spans his entire productive life, the last entry of the Papirer being dated only a few days before his death. These writings have been previously inaccessible in English except for a few fragmentary selections; the most significant writings are now being made available in this definitive seven-volume edition under the editorship of two expert scholars and translators.

Kierkegaard's scattered writings fall into three main subject groupings: journal entries of varied content, notes and early versions of his published material, and personal reactions to his reading and study. In length and degree of polish they range from brief and cryptic notes to extensive lecture material, finished travel sketches, and extended philosophical speculation. The translators provide annotations, copious notes, and a collation of entries with the Danish Papirer.

The editors group the selections in Volumes I through IV by theme, with all entries on a given subject under the same heading. Within subject headings, entries are arranged chronologically, making it feasible to trace the evolution of Kierkegaard's thought on a specific topic. Volumes V and VI are devoted to autobiographical material. Volume VII contains an extensive index with topical crossreferences.