Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691140790
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Book Synopsis Kierkegaard's Writings, XVIII, Volume 18 by : Søren Kierkegaard
Download or read book Kierkegaard's Writings, XVIII, Volume 18 written by Søren Kierkegaard and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Without authority," a phrase Kierkegaard repeatedly applied to himself and his writings, is an appropriate title for this volume of five short works that in various ways deal with the concept and practice of authority. The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air contemplates the teaching authority of these creatures based on three different passages in the Gospels. The first of Two Ethical-Religious Essays mediates on the ethics of Jesus' martyrdom; the second contrasts the authority of the genius with that of the apostle. The remaining works--Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays (1849), An Upbuilding Discourse (1850), and Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays (1851)--are meditations on sin, forgiveness, and the power of love.