{"product_id":"stages-on-lifes-way-studies-by-various-persons-paperback","title":"Stages on Life's Way: Studies by Various Persons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSøren Kierkegaard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward V. Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHoward V. Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eStages on Life's Way\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to \u003ci\u003eEither\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e, is an intensely poetic example of Kierkegaard's vision of the three stages, or spheres, of existence: the esthetic, the ethical, and the religious. With characteristic love for mystification, he presents the work as a bundle of documents fallen by chance into the hands of \"Hilarius Bookbinder,\" who prepared them for printing. The book begins with a banquet scene patterned on Plato's Symposium. (George Brandes maintained that \"one must recognize with amazement that it holds its own in this comparison.\") Next is a discourse by \"Judge William\" in praise of marriage \"in answer to objections.\" The remainder of the volume, almost two-thirds of the whole, is the diary of a young man, discovered by \"Frater Taciturnus,\" who was deeply in love but felt compelled to break his engagement. The work closes with a letter to the reader from Taciturnus on the three \"existence-spheres\" represented by the three parts of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eStages on Life's Way\u003c\/i\u003e not only repeats themes, characters, and pseudonymous authors of the earlier works but also goes beyond them and points to further development of central ideas in \u003ci\u003eConcluding Unscientific Postscript.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStages on Life's Way, the sequel to Either \/ Or, is an intensely poetic example of Kierkegaard's vision of the three stages, or spheres, of existence: the esthetic, the ethical, and the religious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 808\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578405961949,"sku":"9780691020495","price":103.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/uYvVUdMSZD9780691020495.webp?v=1773503300","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/stages-on-lifes-way-studies-by-various-persons-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}