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The Passion of Kierkegaard's Existential Method 克尔凯郭尔存在主义方法的激情

The Kierkegaardian Mind Pub Date : 2019-05-02 DOI: 10.4324/9780429198571-2

Lee C. Barrett

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Kierkegaard on the value of Art: An Indirect Method of Communication 克尔凯郭尔论艺术的价值:一种间接的交流方式

The Kierkegaardian Mind Pub Date : 2019-05-02 DOI: 10.4324/9780429198571-15

A. Aumann

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The Covetous Canary: Kierkegaard on the Problem of Social Comparison and the Cultivation of Social Courage 贪婪的金丝雀:克尔凯郭尔论社会比较问题与社会勇气的培养

The Kierkegaardian Mind Pub Date : 2019-05-02 DOI: 10.4324/9780429198571-39

Paul Carron

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Did Napoleon Teleologically Suspend the Ethical? A Dilemma for some 'Hegelian' Readings of Fear and Trembling 拿破仑是否在目的论上中止了伦理学?一些“黑格尔式”解读《恐惧与颤抖》的困境

The Kierkegaardian Mind Pub Date : 2019-05-02 DOI: 10.4324/9780429198571-9

R. Kemp

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Kierkegaard, Hegel, and Augustine on Love 克尔凯郭尔，黑格尔和奥古斯丁论爱

The Kierkegaardian Mind Pub Date : 2019-05-02 DOI: 10.4324/9780429198571-38

Thomas J. Millay