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Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard

by Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855)

30 chapters, about 81,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 100 words
2. INTRODUCTION I 11,000 words
3. DIAPSALMATA[1] 900 words
4. IN VINO VERITAS (THE BANQUET) 26,900 words
5. INTRODUCTION II 400 words
6. PREPARATION 400 words
7. I 400 words
8. II 200 words
9. III 300 words
10. IV 200 words
11. A PANEGYRIC ON ABRAHAM 3,400 words
12. PRELIMINARY EXPECTORATION 6,500 words
13. THE INVITATION 1,800 words
14. II 1,900 words
15. III 700 words
16. THE PAUSE 5,000 words
17. II 1,500 words
18. THE FIRST PHASE OF HIS LIFE 5,200 words
19. THE SECOND PHASE OF HIS LIFE 1,400 words
20. THE INVITATION AND THE INVITER 3,700 words
21. THE MORAL 800 words
22. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1,400 words
23. I 200 words
24. II 500 words
25. III 1,000 words
26. MODERN RELIGIOUS GUARANTEES 800 words
27. WHAT SAYS THE FIRE-MARSHAL 2,700 words
28. THE WEDDING CEREMONY 1,000 words
29. AN ETERNITY TO REPENT IN! 800 words
30. A DOSE OF DISGUST WITH LIFE 400 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Abraham
• Compassion
• Illusion
• Isaac
• Love
• Resignation

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