Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Johannes Climacus, Socratic philosopher; 2. Climacus's thought-project; 3. Platonic interlude: Eros and the God; 4. Climacus's poetical venture; 5. The paradox and the passion of thought; 6. Self-love and offense; 7. Faith and the contemporary follower; 8. Climacan interlude: on historical necessity; 9. The follower at second hand and the moral; 10. Socrates in postscript; 11. Kierkegaard on Christ and Socrates.

Promotional Information

This volume studies the relationship between philosophy and faith in Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments.

About the Author

Jacob Howland is McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of The Republic: The Odyssey of Philosophy and The Paradox of Political Philosophy: Socrates' Philosophic Trial and has contributed to Metaphysics, Phoenix, the American Political Science Review, and the Review of Politics, among other journals.

Reviews

'This reviewer has been enriched by the experience and made to think for the first time about the unlikely but fascinating relationship between a tormented nineteenth century theologian and a towering Greek thinker who cherished wisdom and virtue above all else.' Theology, Ethics and Philosophy