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Volume 3: Kierkegaard and the Roman World (Paperback)
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Volume 3: Kierkegaard and the Roman World (Paperback)
Series: Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources
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While Kierkegaard's use of the Greek authors, particularly Plato
and Aristotle, has attracted considerable attention over the years,
his use of the Roman authors has, by contrast, remained sadly
neglected. This neglect is somewhat surprising given the fact that
Kierkegaard was extremely well read in Latin from his early youth
when he attended the Borgerdyd School in Copenhagen. Kierkegaard's
interest in the Roman authors is perhaps best evidenced by his book
collection. In his private library he had a long list of Latin
titles and Danish translations of the standard Roman authors in any
number of different genres. His extensive and frequent use of
writers such as Cicero, Horace, Terence, Seneca, Suetonius and Ovid
clearly warrants placing them in the select group of his major
sources. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that Kierkegaard
made use of the Roman sources in a number of different ways. His
readings from the Borgerdyd school seem to have stuck with him as
an adult. He constantly refers to Roman authors, such as Livy,
Nepos, and Suetonius for colourful stories and anecdotes. In
addition, he avails himself of pregnant sayings or formulations
from the Roman authors, when appropriate. But his use of these
authors is not merely as a rhetorical source. He is also profoundly
interested in the Roman philosophy of Cicero, Seneca and Marcus
Aurelius. Similarly, just as he is fascinated by Tacitus' portrayal
of the early Christians, so also he is amused by the humour of
Terence and Apuleius. In short, the Roman authors serve to enrich
any number of different aspects of Kierkegaard's authorship with
respect to both content and form.
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