内容简介
C.StephenEvansprovidesaclear,readableintroductiontoS?renKierkegaard(1813–55)asaphilosopherandthinker.HisbookisorganisedaroundKierkegaard'sconceptofthethree'stages'or'spheres'ofhumanexistence,whichprovidebothadevelopmentalaccountofthehumanselfandanunderstandingofthreerivalviewsofhumanlifeanditsmeaning.EvansalsodiscussessuchimportantKierkegaardianconceptsas'indirectcommunication','truthassubjectivity',andtheIncarnationunderstoodas'theAbsoluteParadox'.AlthoughhisdiscussionemphasisestheimportanceofChristianityforunderstandingKierkgaard,itshowshimtobeawriterofgreatinteresttoasecularaswellasareligiousaudience.Evans'bookbringsKierkegaardintoconversationwithwesternphilosopherspastandpresent,presentinghimasonewhogivespowerfulanswerstothequestionswhichphilosophersask.