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KIERKEGAARD AS HUMANISTa Discovering My Self The self is the central and unifying theme of S0ren Kierkegaard's writ- ings. In Kierkegaard as Humanist, Arnold Come provides a comprehen- sive exposition of Kierkegaard's understanding of what it means to be a self and the problems and possibilities that every human being faces in the task of becoming a self. Come limits his discussion to the humanist dimensions of Kierke- gaard's writings—to what is open to the experience of every human being without reference to or assistance from any particular religious insight or revelation. He concludes that Kierkegaard's ontology is independent of his Christian theology but includes an openness to and a relation with the eternal as inherent natural possibility in the experience of every hu- man being. Come lets Kierkegaard speak for himself rather than exploring how his thought is derived, or differs, from his predecessors and contempo- raries or related to major philosophical and psychological positions and schools. The basic outline of the self, drawn from the opening pages of The Sickness unto Death, is explored in all of Kierkegaard's works, both pseudonymous and acknowledged, and the importance of the self thus revealed for understanding determinism/indeterminism and the phi- losophy of action is discussed. Kierkegaard as Humanist is an exciting exploration of the humanist di- mensions of the self. Arnold B. Come is Professor Emeritus of systematic theology, San Fran- cisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union. McGILL-QUEEN'S STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF IDEAS i Problems of Cartesianism Edited by Thomas M. Lennon, John M. Nicholas, and John W. Davis 2 The Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity Gerald A. Press 3 Claude Buffier and Thomas Reid: Two Common-Sense Philosophers Louise Marcil-Lacoste 4 Schiller, Hegel, and Marx: State, society, and the Aesthetic Ideal of Ancient Greece Philip J. Kain 5 John Case and Aristotelianism in Renaissance England Charles B.Schmitt 6 Beyond Liberty and Property: The Process of Self-Recognition in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought J.A.W. Gunn 7 John Toland: His Methods, Manners, and Mind Stephen H. Daniel 8 Coleridge and the Inspired Word Anthony John Harding 9 The Jena System, 1804-5: Logic and Metaphysics G.W.F. Hegel Translation edited by John W. Burbidge and George di Giovanni Introduction and notes by H.S. Harris io Consent, Coercion, and Limit: The Medieval Origins of Parliamentary Democracy Arthur P. Monahan 11 Scottish Common Sense in Germany, 1768-1800: A Contribution to the History of Critical Philosophy Manfred Kuehn 12 Paine and Cobbett: The Transatlantic Connection David A. Wilson 13 Descartes and the Enlightenment Peter A. Schouls 14 Greek Scepticism Anti-Realist Trends in Ancient Thought Leo Groarke 15 The Irony of Theology and the Nature of Religious Thought Donald Wiebe 16 Form and Transformation A Study in the Philosophy of Plotinus Frederic M. Schroeder 17 From Personal Duties towards Personal Rights Late Medieval and Early Modern Political Thought, 1300-1600 Arthur P. Monahan 18 The Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill Friedrich Heinrichjacobi Translated and Edited by George di Giovanni 19 Kierkegaard as Humanist Discovering My Self Arnold B. Come This page intentionally left blank KIERKEGAARD AS HUMANIST Discovering My Self Arnold B. Come McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Buffalo © Arnold B. Come 1995 ISBN 0-7735-1019-2 Legal deposit 3rd quarter 1995 Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Printed in the United States on acid-free paper The author wishes to express his personal gratitude, and the indebted- ness of the world of Kierkegaard scholarship, to Princeton University Press for its long tradition in Kierkegaard publication and especially for its new edition of Kierkegaard's Writings. The present book would be much the poorer without the remarkable research that informs the new series and without its fresh and faithful translations. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Come, Arnold B. (Arnold Bruce), 1918- Kierkegaard as humanist: discovering my self (McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas: 19) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7735-1019-2 i. Kierkegaard, S0ren, 1813-1855. 2. Self (Philosophy). I. Tide. II. Series. B4378.S4C65 1995 igS'.g 095-900250-2 This book was typeset by Typo Litho Composition Inc. in 10/12 Baskerville Dedicated to Alastair McKinnon A Friend in Deed! This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xvii 1 MY SELF: AN OVERVIEW 3 General Definition 3 The Five Qualifications 1. A Relation 5 2. A Relation Which Relates to Itself 8 3. Established by an Other 11 4. A Failure 13 5. Transparent Rest in the Power 14 2 MY SELF: A SYNTHESIS OF TWO 18 The Essential Duality: Inward, Outward 19 The Procedure of Abstraction for Procuring an Anthropological Ontology 2 3 Body /Soul 25 Finitude/Infinitude 31 Necessity/Possibility 40 Summary 44 3 MY SELF: A TASK 46 Part i: Coming to Consciousness 46 Angst: The Birth-Pangs of Self-Consciousness 47 1. The General Character of Angst 49 2. The Object of Angst 50
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