{"title":"Series: Kierkegaard's Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKierkegaard's Writings\u003c\/em\u003e offer profound explorations of philosophy, theology, and the human condition. This collection invites readers to engage with timeless questions about existence, faith, and individuality through the penetrating insights of one of the most influential thinkers in modern philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach work challenges conventional thought with a blend of rigorous analysis and poetic reflection, making this series essential for those interested in self-examination, ethics, and the complexities of personal development.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"three-discourses-on-imagined-occasions-by-soren-kierkegaard-9780691033006","title":"Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Discourses on Imagined Occasions\u003c\/i\u003e was the last of seven works signed by Kierkegaard and published simultaneously with an anonymously authored companion piece. \u003ci\u003eImagined Occasions\u003c\/i\u003e both complements and stands in contrast to Kierkegaard's pseudonymously published \u003ci\u003eStages on Life's Way\u003c\/i\u003e. The two volumes not only have a chronological relation but treat some of the same distinct themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first of the three discourses, \"On the Occasion of a Confession,\" centres on stillness, wonder, and one's search for God—in contrast to the speechmaking on erotic love in \"In Vino Veritas,\" part one of \u003ci\u003eStages on Life's Way\u003c\/i\u003e. The second discourse, \"On the Occasion of a Wedding,\" complements the second part of \u003ci\u003eStages\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Judge William delivers a panegyric on marriage. The third discourse, \"At a Graveside,\" sharpens the ethical and religious earnestness implicit in \u003ci\u003eStages's\u003c\/i\u003e \"'Guilty'\/'Not Guilty'\" and completes this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000827691244,"sku":"9780691033006","price":242.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/317203482434.jpg?v=1763308085"},{"product_id":"upbuilding-discourses-in-various-spirits-by-soren-kierkegaard-9780691140773","title":"Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his praise for Part I of \u003cem\u003eUpbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e, the eminent Kierkegaard scholar Eduard Geismar said, \"I am of the opinion that nothing of what he has written is to such a degree before the face of God. Anyone who really wants to understand Kierkegaard does well to begin with it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese discourses, composed after Kierkegaard had initially intended to end his public writing career, constitute the first work of his \"second authorship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharacterised by Kierkegaard as ethical-ironic, Part One, \u003cem\u003ePurity of Heart Is to Will One Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a penetrating discussion of double-mindedness and ethical integrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart Two, \u003cem\u003eWhat We Learn from the Lilies in the Field and from the Birds of the Air\u003c\/em\u003e, humorously exposes an inverted qualitative difference between the learner and the teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Part Three, \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Sufferings, Christian Discourses\u003c\/em\u003e, the philosopher explores how joy can come out of suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000835326188,"sku":"9780691140773","price":113.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1394873482434.jpg?v=1763308777"},{"product_id":"sickness-unto-death-a-christian-psychological-exposition-for-upbuilding-and-awakening-by-soren-kierkegaard-9780691020280","title":"Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA companion piece to \u003cem\u003eThe Concept of Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e, this work continues Søren Kierkegaard's radical and comprehensive analysis of human nature in a spectrum of possibilities of existence. Present here is a remarkable combination of the insight of the poet and the contemplation of the philosopher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e, Kierkegaard moves beyond anxiety on the mental-emotional level to the spiritual level, where—in contact with the eternal—anxiety becomes despair. Both anxiety and despair reflect the misrelation that arises in the self when the elements of the synthesis—the infinite and the finite—do not come into proper relation to each other. Despair is a deeper expression for anxiety and is a mark of the eternal, which is intended to penetrate temporal existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471555018988,"sku":"9780691020280","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691020280-sickness-unto-death-a-christian-psychological-exposition-for-upbuilding-and-awakening.jpg?v=1775246578"},{"product_id":"concluding-unscientific-postscript-to-philosophical-fragments-by-soren-kierkegaard-9780691020815","title":"Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Fragments\u003c\/em\u003e, the pseudonymous author Johannes Climacus explored the question: What is required in order to go beyond Socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the learner? Written as an afterword to this work, \u003cem\u003eConcluding Unscientific Postscript\u003c\/em\u003e is, on one level, a philosophical jest, yet on another, it is Climacus's characterization of the subjective thinker's relation to the truth of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt once ironic, humorous, and polemical, this work takes on the \"unscientific\" form of a mimical-pathetical-dialectical compilation of ideas. Whereas the movement in the earlier pseudonymous writings is away from the aesthetic, the movement in \u003cem\u003ePostscript\u003c\/em\u003e is away from speculative thought. Kierkegaard intended \u003cem\u003ePostscript\u003c\/em\u003e to be his concluding work as an author. The subsequent \"second authorship\" after The Corsair Affair made \u003cem\u003ePostscript\u003c\/em\u003e the turning point in the entire authorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart One of the text volume examines the truth of Christianity as an objective issue, Part Two the subjective issue of what is involved for the individual in becoming a Christian, and the volume ends with an addendum in which Kierkegaard acknowledges and explains his relation to the pseudonymous authors and their writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume contains the scholarly apparatus, including a key to references and selected entries from Kierkegaard's journals and papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596042551532,"sku":"9780691020815","price":122.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/68f8fe6973942bf5e1fe3f34469f6a52.jpg?v=1777931854"},{"product_id":"early-polemical-writings-by-soren-kierkegaard-9780691140728","title":"Early Polemical Writings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly Polemical Writings\u003c\/em\u003e covers the young Kierkegaard's works from 1834 through 1838. His authorship begins, as it was destined to end, with polemic. Kierkegaard's first published article touches on the theme of women's emancipation, and the other articles from his student years deal with freedom of the press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModern readers can see the seeds of Kierkegaard's future career in these early pieces. In \u003cem\u003eFrom the Papers of One Still Living\u003c\/em\u003e, his review of Hans Christian Andersen's novel \u003cem\u003eOnly a Fiddler\u003c\/em\u003e, Kierkegaard rejects the notion that environment is decisive in determining the fate of genius. 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