by Søren Kierkegaard · GALLIMARD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070350841
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«Le journal du séducteur» is the philosophical short novel by Søren Kierkegaard, published by Gallimard in paperback (250 pages, in French).
The protagonist, Johannes, turns the conquest of the young Cordelia into an aesthetic project: he observes, calculates and directs every move of the seduction like someone composing a work of art. Far from eroticism, the narrative dissects Kierkegaard's «aesthetic stage», where desire becomes an intellectual game marked by distance and manipulation.
The text is the «Diary of the Seducer» (original: «Forførerens dagbog»), originally published in 1843; this French edition belongs to Gallimard's Idées collection.
For readers interested in existential philosophy and nineteenth-century psychological narrative.
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish Lutheran theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, love, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", highlighting the importance of authenticity, personal choice and commitment, and the duty to love. Kierkegaard prioritized concrete human reality over abstract thinking.
