Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions

• Author(s): S©ıren Kierkegaard,
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Pages: 181
• ISBN_13: 9780691033006
  ISBN_10: 0691033005
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement , Literary Collections / Essays , Literary Criticism / General , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism , Philosophy / History & Surveys / General , Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology , Philosophy / Religious , Religion / General , Religion / Christian Living / General , Religion / Christian Living / Love & Marriage ,

Description:... Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions was among seven signed works by Kierkegaard, each published concurrently with one of his seven pseudonymous works - in this case, with Stages on Life's Way. The two volumes not only have a chronological relation but distinctively treat some common themes. It is quite possible, the editors suggest, that Kierkegaard worked alternatively on the two manuscripts: on Stages at his ordinary desk and on Discourses on Imagined Occasions at his high desk. The first of the three discourses, "On the Occasion of a Confession", centers on stillness, wonder, and the ultimate object of a human being's seeking - in contrast to the speechmaking on erotic love in "'In Vino Veritas, '" part one of Stages. The second discourse, "On the Occasion of a Wedding", complements the second part of Stages in which Judge William delivers a panegyric on marriage. The third discourse, "At a Graveside", sharpens the ethical and religious earnestness implicit in Quidam's "A Story of Suffering", in the third part of the other work.