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"maff" |
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28 Aug 2004 04:15:12 AM |
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OT: Kierkegaard |
Fear and giggling
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1291556,00.html
The funniest philosopher who ever lived? Nicholas Lezard delves into
Thomas C Oden's collection, The Humor of Kierkegaard
Saturday August 28, 2004
The Guardian
The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology, edited and introduced by
Thomas C Oden (Princeton, £10.95)
Oh, come off it, you may say, if you have the idea of Kierkegaard,
being both a philosopher and Danish, as a gloomy person. It is the
default position for those who have not delved very deep into these
matters. And it is understandable. After all, one would assume that
someone who wrote a book called Fear and Trembling, and who understood
that there was something futile about either life or the effort to
understand it, may well be easily distinguishable from a ray of
sunshine.
Kierkegaard
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| User: "John Popelish" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Kierkegaard |
28 Aug 2004 12:25:41 PM |
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maff wrote:
Fear and giggling
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1291556,00.html
The funniest philosopher who ever lived? Nicholas Lezard delves into
Thomas C Oden's collection, The Humor of Kierkegaard
I love this knee slapper,
"Marry and you will regret it.
Do not marry, and you will also regret it...
Laugh at the stupidities of the world, and you will regret it;
weep over them, and you will also regret it.
Hang yourself, and you will regret it.
Do not hang yourself, and you will also regret it...
This, gentlemen, is the quintessence of all the wisdom of life."
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John Popelish
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