KIERKEGAARD, SØREN:
Enten - Eller.
Et Livsfragment udgivet af Victor Eremita. 2 vols. Orig. udg. / 1st edit. Kbhvn. 1843. XX + 470 + 368 s. Indb. med begge smudstitelblade i pænt samt. hlvldr. med rygforgyldning. N.p.smt. Gennemgående et pænt og rent ekspl. Bound with both half-titles in nice contp. halfleather with gilt spine. Name on half-title + endpaper. Generally a nice and clean copy.
¶ "Enten - Eller" (Either - Or) was written before Kierkegaard was 29. It is a curious bundle of papers, essays, semi-dialogues and notes, seemingly ill-assorted, but in fact dialectically arranged. The chief advantage of this method seems to have been to give the author the opportunity of letting different sides of his mind converse as individuals with each other in a semi-Socratic fashion. Without disclosing his real beliefs he confronted his readers with a choice of different possibilities. As a thinker, Kierkegaard had to wait for the 20th century to find his audience; he is now generally considered to be one of the most important Christian philosophers. Only 525 copies were printed and all sold out during 1844.
Himmelstrup 20. Printing and the Mind of Man 314.
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