By Søren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong
ISBN-10: 0691058555
ISBN-13: 9780691058559
ISBN-10: 0691140804
ISBN-13: 9780691140803
As a religious autobiography, Kierkegaard's The viewpoint for My paintings as an Author stands between such nice works as Augustine's Confessions and Newman's Apologia seasoned Vita Sua. but Point of View is neither a confession nor a safety; it's an author's tale of a life of writing, his knowing of the maze of drastically diverse works that make up his oeuvre.
Upon the upcoming book of the second one variation of Either/Or, Kierkegaard back meant to stop writing. Now was once the time for a right away "report to historical past" at the authorship as an entire. as well as Point of View, which used to be released posthumously, the current quantity additionally comprises On My paintings as an Author, a latest alternative, and the significant other piece Armed Neutrality.
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The Accounting The Accounting 1 Xlll 493 Copenhagen, March 18 4 9. When a country is little, the proportions in every relationship in the little land naturally are small. So, too, in literary matters; the royalties and everything else involved will be only insignifiCant. To be an author-unless one is a poet, and in addition a dramatist, or one writes textbooks or in some other way is an author in connection with a public office-is about the poorest paid, the least secure, and just about the most thankless job there is.
ON MY WORK AS AN AUTHOR by S. Kierkegaard XIII 490 Wer glaubet, der ist grosz und reich, Er hat Gott und das Himmelreich. Wer glaubet, der ist klein und arm, Er schreiet nur: Herr Dich erbarm! [Whoever believes is great and rich, He has God and the Kingdom of Heaven. ] The Accounting The Accounting 1 Xlll 493 Copenhagen, March 18 4 9. When a country is little, the proportions in every relationship in the little land naturally are small. So, too, in literary matters; the royalties and everything else involved will be only insignifiCant.
I will not now discuss the point that if this were so the author certainly would not have written a book such as the present one, would scarcely, I dare say, have taken it upon himself to give an overview of the writing as a whole, at least would not have chosen to do so at *In order to have them at hand, here are the titles of the books. fe's Way--together with eighteen upbuilding discourses, which came out successively. Second division: Concluding Unscie11tific Postscript. Third division (only religious writing): Uplmilding Discourses in Various Spirits, Works of Love, Christian Discourses-together with a little esthetic article: The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Artrcss-" X Ill 522 30 XIII 523 Ihe Point of View: Part One the very time he meets his first work again.
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