Volume 6, Tome I: Kierkegaard and His German Contemporaries - Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754661825)

This first tome treats the German philosophical influences on Kierkegaard. The dependence of Danish philosophy on German philosophy is beyond question. In a book review in his Hegelian journal Perseus, the poet, playwright and critic, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1869) laments the sad state of philosophy in Denmark, while lauding German speculative philosophy. Moreover, Kierkegaard's lifelong enemy, the theologian Hans Lassen Martensen (1808-84) claims without exaggeration that the Danish systems of philosophy can be regarded as the "disjecta membra" of earlier German systems. All of the major German idealist philosophers made an impact in Denmark: Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and most significantly, Hegel. Kierkegaard was widely read in the German philosophical literature, which he made use of in countless ways throughout his authorship.

Author: Jon Stewart
ISBN-10: 0754661822
ISBN-13: 9780754661825
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2007
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d