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The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard (New York Review Books) [Paperback]

Soren Kierkegaard (Author), W. H. Auden (Introduction)
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New York Review Books September 30, 1999
Translated from the Danish by Walter Lowrie, David Swenson, and Alexander Dru

The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard is one of the master thinkers of the modern age, a defining influence on existentialism and on twentieth-century theology, and this brilliantly tailored selection from his vast and varied writings--made by the great English poet W.H Auden--is a perfect introduction to his work. Auden's inspired and incisive response to a thinker who had done much to shape his own beliefs is a fundamental reading of an author whose spirit remains as radical as ever more than 150 years after he wrote.

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Auden accepted many assignments in his industrious life and always made something creative of them. The Living Thoughts of Sren Kierkegaard is more than an anthology, it is a bold reshaping of the Dane's oeuvre and the handiest introduction to him as a Christian apologist. Auden's compressed and jauntily dogmatic introduction is itself an education. -- John Updike

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Danish

Product Details

  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: NYRB Classics (September 30, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0940322137
  • ISBN-13: 978-0940322134
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The book that changed my life, February 15, 2011
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I am writing this review in a fit of anguish having mislaid my copy of The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard. It is one of the few books I would have to instantly replace if it wandered from my collection. I first read this book when I was 19 and intellectually at a loose end. Auden's beautiful introduction became my first introduction to existentialism while the text, a patchwork of Kierkegaard's writing on Christianity, reintroduced me to the faith of my childhood and provided my with a new basis for appreciating Christianity. I highly reccomended this book as it in part helped me to choose the direction my life has taken in the decade since. Oh and the writing is in itself beautiful and the NYRB edition as always looks good and is of the highest quality. Now if only I could find out where it went...
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