Volume 3: Kierkegaard and the Roman World - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754665542 ISBN 13 : 9780754665540

Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

While Kierkegaard's use of the Greek authors, particularly Plato and Aristotle, has attracted considerable attention over the years, his use of the Roman authors has, by contrast, remained sadly neglected. This neglect is somewhat surprising given the fact that Kierkegaard was extremely well read in Latin from his early youth when he attended the Borgerdyd School in Copenhagen. Kierkegaard's interest in the Roman authors is perhaps best evidenced by his book collection. In his private library he had a long list of Latin titles and Danish translations of the standard Roman authors in any number of different genres. His extensive and frequent use of writers such as Cicero, Horace, Terence, Seneca, Suetonius and Ovid clearly warrants placing them in the select group of his major sources. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that Kierkegaard made use of the Roman sources in a number of different ways. His readings from the school seem to have stuck with him as an adult. He constantly refers to Roman authors, such as Livy, Nepos, and Suetonius for colourful stories and anecdotes. In short, the Roman authors serve to enrich any number of different aspects of Kierkegaard's authorship with respect to both content and form.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jon Stewart is an Associate Research Professor in the SÃ, ren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754665542
• ISBN 13: 9780754665540
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Stewart Jon
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Allemagne