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Johannes Climacus, Soren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author of "Philosophical Fragments", invents a religion suspiciously resembling Christianity as an alternative to the assumption that humans possess the Truth within themselves. Through this literary device, Climacus raises in a fresh and audacious way age-old questions about the relation of Christian faith to human reason. Is the idea of a human incarnation of God logically coherent? Is religious faith the product of a voluntary choice? In a comprehensive discussion of one of Kierkegaard's most important books, C. Stephen Evans elucidates Kierkegaard's novel explanation that the tension between faith and reason must be understood as a consequence of the passionate character of reason itself. "Passionate Reason" situates Kierkegaard's philosophy in the context of postmodern religious thought, providing a contemporary reading of Fragments as a challenge to both the modern Enlightenment critique of reason and the postmodern abandonment of truth.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Passionate Reason
• Subtitle: Making Sense of Kierkegaard's "Philosophical Fragments"
• Author: C. Stephen Evans
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780253320735
• ISBN: 0253320739
• ID: 04871258
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 454 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 146 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. November 1992

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