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One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of ''despair'', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment - including some that may seem just the opposite - and offering a much-discussed formula for the eradication of despair. With its penetrating account of the self, this late work by Kierkegaard was hugely influential upon twentieth-century philosophers including Karl Jaspers, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. The Sickness unto Death can be regarded as one of the key works of theistic existentialist thought - a brilliant and revelatory answer to one man''s struggle to fill the spiritual void.

Table of Contents
The Sickness Unto Death Translator's Note
Introduction
The Sickness Unto Death
Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Sickness Unto Death Is Despair
Part Two: Despair Is Sin
Notes

The Sickness Unto Death

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 30 March 1989
      ISBN-13 9780140445336
      978-0140445336
      ISBN-10 0140445331
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of ''despair'', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment - including some that may seem just the opposite - and offering a much-discussed formula for the eradication of despair. With its penetrating account of the self, this late work by Kierkegaard was hugely influential upon twentieth-century philosophers including Karl Jaspers, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. The Sickness unto Death can be regarded as one of the key works of theistic existentialist thought - a brilliant and revelatory answer to one man''s struggle to fill the spiritual void.

      Table of Contents
      The Sickness Unto Death Translator's Note
      Introduction
      The Sickness Unto Death
      Preface
      Introduction
      Part One: The Sickness Unto Death Is Despair
      Part Two: Despair Is Sin
      Notes

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