Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript; translated from the Danish by David F. Swenson, completed after his death and provided with introduction and notes by Walter Lowrie

Princeton: Princeton University Press, for American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1944. Second printing of first ed. Hardcover. Ex-libris with usual markings and cancellation stamps. Binding tight, leaves clean (aside from a wee bit of WhiteOut to margin of one page). Good+ overall. No jacket.. Quarto in black polished cloth; xxi, 579 pages; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references in "Editor's notes" (p. [557]-573) and indexes. English translation of: Afsluttende Uvidenskabelig Efterskrift. Contents: bk. 1. The objective problem concerning the truth of Christianity -- bk. 2. The subjective problem, the relation of the subject to the truth of Christianity, the problem of becoming a Christian (pt. 1. Something about Lessing; pt. 2. How the subjectivity of the individual must be qualified in order that the problem may exist for him). ¶ "Grapples with questions of faith, subjectivity, and the limits of human reason. The text is a follow-up to "Philosophical Fragments," and serves as an ironic response to the systematic philosophies of his time, especially Hegelianism. The work is organized into two parts. The first part focuses on the concept of "subjective truth," while the second part discusses "the issue of becoming a Christian" within the context of subjectivity. // Apologetics. Apologetics -- History -- 19th century. Christianity -- Philosophy. Christianisme -- Philosophie. Apologétique. Apologétique -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Apologetics. Christianity -- Philosophy. Apologetics -- History -- 19th century. Christianity -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century. Christian philosophy. Christian philosophy -- 19th century. Apologetics -- 19th century. Philosophy -- Denmark -- 19th century. Philosophers -- Denmark -- 19th century. Time: 1800-1899 Identifier: Kierkegaard, Soren, 1813-1855. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855. Swenson, David F.; 1876-1940, (David Ferdinand), translator. Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959, translator, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary. Corp Author: American-Scandinavian Foundation.