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A book by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard on Christian existentialism and despair. He argues that despair is the inability to accept one's self and God's love, and that faith is the opposite of despair.
- Søren Kierkegaard, Walter Lowrie
- 1849
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Nov 1, 1983 · The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition For Upbuilding And Awakening (Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 19) Paperback – November 1, 1983. by Soren Kierkegaard (Author), Howard V. Hong (Editor), Edna H. Hong (Editor) 4.6 124 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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- Søren Kierkegaard, Walter Lowrie
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- Princeton University Press
A short summary of Søren Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Sickness Unto Death.
A PDF document of Sören Kierkegaard's book The Sickness Unto Death, published by Princeton University Press in 1941. The book explores the Christian concept of despair as the greatest spiritual sickness and the cure of faith.
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A classic book by Sören Kierkegaard, a nineteenth century theologian who explored the concept of despair and its relation to faith. He argued that despair is the greatest spiritual sickness and the cure is to die to despair by relating to God.
In The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard moves beyond anxiety on the mental-emotional level to the spiritual level, where — in contact with the eternal — anxiety becomes despair.
The Sickness Unto Death was written by Danish theologian and philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and published in 1849 under the pseudonym “Anti-Climacus.” One of Kierkegaard's last philosophical works, it offers one of the clearest and most concise statements of his views on religious faith.
