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Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6 6 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1983
The meaning of Repetition
+ sacrifice and loss
+ Theological Tour de Force
+ and isaac cried out, "if i have no father on earth, then you
+ Was Kierkegaard a "Knight of faith"?
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The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition For Upbuilding And Awakening (Kierkegaard's ...15 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1983
Great insights for Christian counseling
+ Priceless
+ Hong translation excels
+ The Best
+ life saver
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The Brothers Karamazov106 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Best Transaltion!
+ What a messed up family!
+ Understanding the Russian
+ Dostoevsky's final major work...a masterpiece
+ Absolutely Stunning!
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The Plague 152 reviews
Albert Camus, Stuart Gilbert
Vintage, 1991
Tragically relevant
+ Camus ...interesting as always...
+ beautiful
+ A study in humanity
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The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)19 reviews
Ancius Boethius
Penguin Classics, 2000
A Philosopher for the Hard Questions
+ The Last Classsical Man
+ truly consoling
+ A Literary and Philosophical Masterpiece
+ The One and the Good
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Capuchin Classics)10 reviews
G. K. Chesterton
Capuchin Classics, 2008
Great Introduction to the Creative Mind of G. K. Chesterton
+ The Napoleon of Notting Hill
+ It offends postmodern sentiments and leaves you aghast.
+ The Future of Men
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Master and Man1 review
Modern Library, 2003
Great short fiction
These are two of Tolstoy's best short novels, wonderfully translated, with an insightful introduction and biographical note. Both stories are masterpieces of craft -- fun to read, but with a strong moral center -- the way all good fiction should be. I had stayed away from Tolstoy for a long time, ...
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The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics)9 reviews
Plato
Penguin Classics, 2003
The Last Days of Socrates
+ Philosopher at bay
+ How is one to rate...
+ THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE STATE
+ The Last Days of Socrates. Plato. (Penguin)
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Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 10
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1993
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 ...
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Modern Library Classics)98 reviews
G.K. Chesterton
Modern Library, 2001
Chesterton's vivid imagination and an allegory to ruin your life...
+ Chesterton hits close to home with this thriller
+ The perfect spy novel
+ Yes, I Think It IS a Nightmare
+ Hardly a Nightmare, but a Dream Reflecting Reality
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Notes from Underground129 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage, 1994
Read it in context for a better understanding...
+ The epitome of the alienated, under-appreciated intellectual
+ "I am a sick man..."
+ so good
+ A biped, ungrateful
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Philosophical Fragments/Johannes Climacus : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 73 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1985
One of Kierkegaard's most essential works
+ understanding faith
+ Precursor to _Concluding Unscientific Postscript_
If one were to read only two or three of Kierkegaard's works, this is unquestionably one of the ones to read. In this work and in its successor, Kierkegaard, employing the pseudonym of Johannes Climacus, seeks to explain the nature of Christianity in such as way as to bring out its demands on the ...
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The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays47 reviews
Albert Camus
Vintage, 1991
Definitely worth a try
+ Years ago
+ Not an easy but a worthwhile read
+ amazing
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Demons30 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage, 1995
Demons is a devil of a read on Russian angst/nihilism by the master Dostoevsky
+ great
+ Dostoyevsky's toughest nut to crack
+ Not for casual reading...
+ Great Potential Never Realized: Too Diffuse and Too Fragmented.
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Modern Library Classics)98 reviews
G.K. Chesterton
Modern Library, 2001
Chesterton's vivid imagination and an allegory to ruin your life...
+ Chesterton hits close to home with this thriller
+ The perfect spy novel
+ Yes, I Think It IS a Nightmare
+ Hardly a Nightmare, but a Dream Reflecting Reality
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The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics)9 reviews
Plato
Penguin Classics, 2003
The Last Days of Socrates
+ Philosopher at bay
+ How is one to rate...
+ THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE STATE
+ The Last Days of Socrates. Plato. (Penguin)
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Notes from Underground129 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage, 1994
Read it in context for a better understanding...
+ The epitome of the alienated, under-appreciated intellectual
+ "I am a sick man..."
+ so good
+ A biped, ungrateful
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Capuchin Classics)10 reviews
G. K. Chesterton
Capuchin Classics, 2008
Great Introduction to the Creative Mind of G. K. Chesterton
+ The Napoleon of Notting Hill
+ It offends postmodern sentiments and leaves you aghast.
+ The Future of Men
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The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition For Upbuilding And Awakening (Kierkegaard's ...15 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1983
Great insights for Christian counseling
+ Priceless
+ Hong translation excels
+ The Best
+ life saver
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Philosophical Fragments/Johannes Climacus : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 73 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1985
One of Kierkegaard's most essential works
+ understanding faith
+ Precursor to _Concluding Unscientific Postscript_
If one were to read only two or three of Kierkegaard's works, this is unquestionably one of the ones to read. In this work and in its successor, Kierkegaard, employing the pseudonym of Johannes Climacus, seeks to explain the nature of Christianity in such as way as to bring out its demands on the ...
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