Soren Kierkegaard

[five-trey]

I've been a Kierkegaard fan for a while now and will finally start to read Fear and Trembling in a week or so. First book I would be reading by him.


Anyone read them some Kierkegaard? I'd like to know how dense the material is, because I tried getting into Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy and the sheer sinew of the read blew me away.

[blazeofglory]

I too want read him, as I have read not his original texts, but some commentaries and they seemed appealing.

[NikolaiI]

I've read Works of Love, which I really liked. Besides that, I haven't read anything but excerpts. Be sure to tell us what you think of Fear and Trembling, if it is worthwhile.

I did like him but I think he has some limitations. I believe in God too, but he seemed to make life too, um... serious? I mean, I am very serious but not in the way he was. Like, for instance, I think that if we grip things so strongly and then we despair, and we think that despair is this huge thing we have to fight so hardly against; this is certainly not the right way to be. At least, it's absolutely not the right way for me.

[Lust Hogg]

To start with, Kierkegaard is extremely dense. fear and trembling most likely being the most intelligible in my opinion. If you interested in Kierkegaard's influence on the development of existentialist thought, you wont find so much of it in fear and trembling. the concept of anxiety would be more useful to you. Also, Kierkegaard journals are wonderful source of insight. I would highly recommend them.

[weltanschauung]

sickeness unto death and diaries are killer