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Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Søren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard as the father of existentialism and have come to define his contribution to philosophy. Lowrie's translation, first published in 1941 and later revised, was the first in English, and it has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to Kierkegaard's thought. Kierkegaard counted Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death among "the most perfect books I have written," and in them he introduces two terms--"the absurd" and "despair"--that have become key terms in modern thought. Fear and Trembling takes up the story of Abraham and Isaac to explore a faith that transcends the ethical, persists in the face of the absurd, and meets its reward in the return of all that the faithful one is willing to sacrifice, while The Sickness Unto Death examines the spiritual anxiety of despair.
Walter Lowrie's magnificent translation of these seminal works continues to provide an ideal introduction to Kierkegaard. And, as Gordon Marino argues in a new introduction, these books are as relevant as ever in today's age of anxiety.
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PRELIMINARY EXPECTORATION
PRELIMINARY EXPECTORATION
PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR
PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR
INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR
INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR
PART FIRST: THE SICKNESS UNTO DEATH IS DESPAIR
PART FIRST: THE SICKNESS UNTO DEATH IS DESPAIR
I. THAT DESPAIR IS THIS SICKNESS
I. THAT DESPAIR IS THIS SICKNESS
A. Despair is a sickness in the spirit, in the self, and so it may assume a triple form: in despair at not being conscious of having a self (despair improperly so called); in despair at not willing to be oneself; in despair at willing to be oneself
A. Despair is a sickness in the spirit, in the self, and so it may assume a triple form: in despair at not being conscious of having a self (despair improperly so called); in despair at not willing to be oneself; in despair at willing to be oneself
B. Possibility and Actuality of Despair
B. Possibility and Actuality of Despair
C. Despair is "the Sickness unto Death"
C. Despair is "the Sickness unto Death"
II. THE UNIVERSALITY OF THIS SICKNESS (SIN)
II. THE UNIVERSALITY OF THIS SICKNESS (SIN)
III. THE FORMS OF THIS SICKNESS, I.E. OF DESPAIR
III. THE FORMS OF THIS SICKNESS, I.E. OF DESPAIR
A. Despair regarded in such a way that one does not reflect whether it is conscious or not, so that one reflects only upon the factors of the synthesis
A. Despair regarded in such a way that one does not reflect whether it is conscious or not, so that one reflects only upon the factors of the synthesis
(a) Despair viewed under the aspects of Finitude/Infinitude
(a) Despair viewed under the aspects of Finitude/Infinitude
(1) The Despair of Infinitude is due to the lack of finitude
(1) The Despair of Infinitude is due to the lack of finitude
(2) The Despair of Finitude is due to the lack of Infinitude
(2) The Despair of Finitude is due to the lack of Infinitude
(b) Despair viewed under the aspects of Possibility/Necessity
(b) Despair viewed under the aspects of Possibility/Necessity
(1) The Despair of Possibility is due to the lack of Necessity
(1) The Despair of Possibility is due to the lack of Necessity
(2) The Despair of Necessity is due to the lack of Possibility
(2) The Despair of Necessity is due to the lack of Possibility
B. Despair viewed under the aspect of Consciousness
B. Despair viewed under the aspect of Consciousness
(a) Despair which is Unconscious that it is Despair, or the Despairing Unconsciousness of having a Self and an Eternal Self
(a) Despair which is Unconscious that it is Despair, or the Despairing Unconsciousness of having a Self and an Eternal Self
(b) The Despair which is Conscious of being Despair, as also it is Conscious of being a Self wherein there is after all something Eternal, and then is in despair at not willing to be itself, or in despair at willing to be itself
(b) The Despair which is Conscious of being Despair, as also it is Conscious of being a Self wherein there is after all something Eternal, and then is in despair at not willing to be itself, or in despair at willing to be itself
(1) In despair at not willing to be oneself, the despair of weakness
(1) In despair at not willing to be oneself, the despair of weakness
(i) Despair over the earthly or over something earthly
(i) Despair over the earthly or over something earthly
(ii) Despair about the eternal or over oneself
(ii) Despair about the eternal or over oneself
(2) The despair of willing desparingly to be oneself—defiance
(2) The despair of willing desparingly to be oneself—defiance
PART SECOND: DESPAIR IS SIN
PART SECOND: DESPAIR IS SIN
Chapter 1. Gradations in the consciousness of the Self (the Qualification "Before God")
Chapter 1. Gradations in the consciousness of the Self (the Qualification "Before God")
Appendix. That the Definition of Sin contains the Possibility of the offense
Appendix. That the Definition of Sin contains the Possibility of the offense
Chapter 2. The Socratic Definition of Sin
Chapter 2. The Socratic Definition of Sin
Chapter 3. Sin is not a Negation but a Position
Chapter 3. Sin is not a Negation but a Position
Appendix to I: But then in a certain sense does not sin become a great rarity? (The Moral)
Appendix to I: But then in a certain sense does not sin become a great rarity? (The Moral)
Chapter 1. The Sin of Despairing over one's Sin
Chapter 1. The Sin of Despairing over one's Sin
Chapter 2. The Sin of Despairing of the Forgiveness of Sins (offense)
Chapter 2. The Sin of Despairing of the Forgiveness of Sins (offense)
Chapter 3. The Sin of Abandoning Christianity modo ponendo, of declaring it falsehood
Chapter 3. The Sin of Abandoning Christianity modo ponendo, of declaring it falsehood
Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death
：Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death
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