CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Kierkegaard’s Biography xlv
Sources and Abbreviations lvii
Chronology lxi
Autobiographical 1
Observations 18
Anxiety 65
Depression/Melancholy 69
Self/Spirit 73
Despair 83
Freedom 89
Possibility 92
Choice/Decision 94
The Ethical 97
Deception/Self-Deception 101
Guilt 104
Envy 106
The Poet 109
Erotic Love 111
Silence 113
Authority 117
Genius 119
Writing/Communication 121
The Press 124
Science 126
Philosophy 128
Existence 133
The Absurd 135
Paradox 137
The Understanding/Reason/Knowledge 139
Truth 143
Time 147
Eternal 149
Death 151
Immortality 155
Repetition 156
Busyness 157
The Individual 159
Laughter/Humor/The Comic 161
The Tragic 163
Irony 164
God 167
Faith 176
Passion 183
Prayer 184
Earnestness/Seriousness 186
Sin 190
Demonic 192
Repentance/Forgiveness 194
Christ 197
Love 199
Suffering 207
Neighbor 208
Christianity 210
Bibliography 219
Index 221