For Self Examination and Judge for Yourselves! and Three Discourses 1851.

KIERKEGAARD, Søren.

Published by London Oxford University Press, 1941

About this Item

First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm); publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge stained black, originally typographic dust-jacket, price-clipped, foot of cloth faded, jacket spine slightly darkened, extremities a little frayed, otherwise very good; vii,[3], 243, [1]pp. The first edition in English of these essays by the founding-father of existential philosophy, Søren Kierkegaard. Written during his 'second authorship', they continue his attack on Christendom the established Church of Denmark sustaining his concern that organised religion has weakened the individual's subjective relationship to God, which should come through faith alone.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: For Self Examination and Judge for Yourselves! and Three Discourses 1851.
• Publisher: London Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included