Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
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Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Robert Whitfield

Unabridged: 1 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2005


Synopsis

Kierkegaard wasnt really a philosopher in the academic sense. Yet he produced what many people expect of philosophy. He didnt write about the world, he wrote about life, about how we live and how we choose to live. His subject was the individual and his or her existence, the existing being. In Kierkegaards view, this purely subjective entity lay beyond the reach of reason, logic, philosophical systems, theology, or even the pretenses of psychology. Nonetheless, it was the source of all these subjects. The branch of philosophy to which Kierkegaard gave birth has come to be known as existentialism.

About Paul Strathern

Paul Strathern is a Somerset Maugham Prize-winning novelist and the author of many nonfiction titles, including The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior; Napoleon in Egypt; and Mendeleyev's Dream, which was short-listed for the Aventis Prize. Paul lives in England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by John on July 05, 2015

One thing I did like about this book was that Strathern showed how the well known, bizarre and tragic life of Kierkegaard greatly shaped his philosophy, of course, one truly can't confidently say A caused B, one can only speculate, but it was interesting nonetheless. One thing I don't appreciate is S......more

Goodreads review by Irene on April 09, 2023

Very useful little bio to introduce myself to Kierkegaard's ideas. You really have to wonder how philosophy would have evolved if all these men had gone to therapy.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on April 30, 2022

I know it was only 90 minutes… but it still feels super-cursory and not super-informative 🤷🏻‍♀️......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on January 16, 2012

One of the better books in this series. These books make great reviews if you don't have the time to reread the entire works of a philosopher. Kierkegaard's father was a serf for a local priest and had to tend sheep. One day he cursed god and his luck turned for the better thanks to an uncle in Cope......more