The Quotable Kierkegaard (ebook)

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"This most quotable of literary companions makes for illuminati induced reading."--David Marx, David Marx Book Review

"Marino . . . has done a great service to neophyte and seasoned Kierkegaard scholars with this compendium of the wit and wisdom of the Danish philosopher often dubbed the father of existentialism. Just as valuable as the quotes are Marino's introduction to Kierkegaard's thought and account of his life."--Christian Century

Gordon Marino is professor of philosophy and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. He is the author of Kierkegaard in the Present Age, the coeditor of The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard, and the editor of Basic Writings of Existentialism.

"The Quotable Kierkegaard serves equally well as an introduction or a reference book. There is no better way to sample the unique flavor of Kierkegaard's thought. And if you ever need a quotation for a speech or a sermon, for an epigraph or an epitaph, for a dedication or a denunciation, you're sure to find a striking one here."--David Lodge, author of Small World, Therapy, and other novels

"This book is the best of two worlds: a rich collection of quotations from Kierkegaard that also provides a quick introduction to the central core of his thinking."--Alastair Hannay, author of Kierkegaard: A Biography

"This admirable selection of quotations from the eminently quotable Kierkegaard is a fine introduction to the breadth and variety of his thought."--Bruce H. Kirmmse, general editor of Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks

"Marino's offers a collection that touches all of Kierkegaard's obsessions, from anxiety and depression to time and eternity and existence and God and Christ and love. The book is, as Marino hoped, full of arresting one-liners. . . . Beyond the aphorisms are penetrating arguments wound tightly into brief paragraphs."--Peter Leithart, First Things

One of The Wall Street Journal Bookshelf Best Books of 2013, chosen by Mike Tyson

"[A] collection of awesome quotes from that great Danish philosopher."--Mike Tyson

"This handily compact treasury of assorted thoughts, observations, and insights bursts with Kierkegaard's characteristically infectious urgency, wit, and lapidary penetration. The volume gathers some 800 thematically organized passages--generally no longer than a few sentences--drawn from the sweeping range of this influential 19th-century Danish existentialist philosopher and theologian's published discourses, polemical tracts, books, pseudonymous works, journals, and notebooks."--Choice0Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Kierkegaard's Biography xlv
Sources and Abbreviations lvii
Chronology lxi
Autobiographical 1
Observations 18
Anxiety 65
Depression/Melancholy 69
Self/Spirit 73
Despair 83
Freedom 89
Possibility 92
Choice/Decision 94
The Ethical 97
Deception/Self-Deception 101
Guilt 104
Envy 106
The Poet 109
Erotic Love 111
Silence 113
Authority 117
Genius 119
Writing/Communication 121
The Press 124
Science 126
Philosophy 128
Existence 133
The Absurd 135
Paradox 137
The Understanding/Reason/Knowledge 139
Truth 143
Time 147
Eternal 149
Death 151
Immortality 155
Repetition 156
Busyness 157
The Individual 159
Laughter/Humor/The Comic 161
The Tragic 163
Irony 164
God 167
Faith 176
Passion 183
Prayer 184
Earnestness/Seriousness 186
Sin 190
Demonic 192
Repentance/Forgiveness 194
Christ 197
Love 199
Suffering 207
Neighbor 208
Christianity 210
Bibliography 219
Index 221