Kierkegaard For Beginners - Arvind Gupta

161 Pages·2010·20.58 MB·English

by  Donald Palmer

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KIERKEGAARD
(1813-1O55)
livedo nlyf ofty-two
yearz,Yefin hiee hoft
life,h e wrohem oret han
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lw entry e bo o ke, AfLer
hisd ealh,h iew orke
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J/eI'e sla(V our eNoryb Yr alking
a6J our,g oren'ef ahher,M ichael,
MICHAELT EDEK9EN
KlE KKEGAAR(D1 756-1838h) ad
eVenIh iey outrhin dire povefi,Yin
Denmark'wsi ndswepol andd une
counf,ryo f NorfhernJ utrlandw, here
aNo nem omenVin hisc hildieh
CUDJ
deoVairw hilet endinq
HNMEL
eheepo uf,o n bhe barcen
healhlandh e had raieed
hie lifi,lef iel lo heaven
and had cureedG od, a
major ein in NheL ufheran
Tief,iemi n whichh e had
beenr aised.
As a younqm anh e had
comel o Copenhaqeann d
Varlayeda emallo avinq ---=> (
s
inlo a sizeablew ealf,'h,
ote epingh imeelifn booke
WOUISDO IVIEftM8EEAS T
and makinqe rna(Vs ocial
THET ABTWEH ESNq REN
connecf,iong. WASA SIITAETOI Y,
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dt
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lf aren Kierkeqaardw ao born in
Copenhageonn MayO ,1B1Zf,, he
lasL of eevenc hildren.H ie mother,
Anne Lund Kierke4aardw, as his
old fathels aecondw ife and had
beenT ,hem aid of T,hefi raL Mre,
Kierkegaardd uringt he periodo f
herf inali llnesE,
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rLl a ,- f
"ItlIfE ;- t(
-ja- t
\ Frz.^ ?tc,
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J/n a cerlain senee,y ounqg oren wae eacrificedo n
lhe alf,aro f hiaf aNher'sre liqioeiNoyr, he almoqLw a6,
a6 youngl oaaco f the Diblicael tory waea lmoeL
luoL
sacrificedo n hiof ahher'la Yar,
lL ie no merec oincidencteh at Kierkqea ardw aef aeci-
nafuebdy t he olory of Abrahama nd lsaaca ll hial ife.
Thiee Noryt,a kena s a melaphori,l luminaNes
mucho f Kier ke qaard'ea dulr'b ehavior'
FORE, XAMPLEII,E EELIEVEO
TIIAT} IIS "NOR,MALITYII"A D
SEENS ACRIFICEODN A RELI-
Gl0us ALTARll.l s sPEclFlcM ls-
SI ON _a,ASI CALLAY RELOI I OUS
ONE_PS,EVENT}EIIM D FNOM
SEINGL IREO TIIERP EOPLEIT.
PR,ECLUDEMDA RRAI GE,P AR,ENT-
IIOOOF, AMILYL IFEA, NOA
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