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A review by theaurochs
The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard
1.0
There may well be some very salient points in this book, but I felt constantly like I was sifting through an unrelated wordsearch to find them. To me it was, unfortunately, quite impenetrable.
Here's a random paragraph for example:
"It must be possible to find out the forms of despair by reflecting on the factors which constitute the self as a synthesis. The self is made up of infinitude and finitude. But this synthesis is a relation, and a relation which, though derived, relates to itself, which is freedom. But freedom is the dialectical element in the categories of possibility and necessity."
Maybe a more extensive background reading is required to appreciate this work, but I would certainly not recommend it to newcomers or those casually interested in philosophy.
Here's a random paragraph for example:
"It must be possible to find out the forms of despair by reflecting on the factors which constitute the self as a synthesis. The self is made up of infinitude and finitude. But this synthesis is a relation, and a relation which, though derived, relates to itself, which is freedom. But freedom is the dialectical element in the categories of possibility and necessity."
Maybe a more extensive background reading is required to appreciate this work, but I would certainly not recommend it to newcomers or those casually interested in philosophy.