by Søren Kierkegaard · FOLIO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070324774
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«Traité du désespoir» is the philosophical essay by Søren Kierkegaard, published by Folio in paperback (256 pages, in French).
In this work, published in 1849, Kierkegaard examines despair as a human condition that is both disadvantage and privilege: being able to despair places the individual above the animal. The consciousness of despair, linked to sin and the relationship with God, appears as a path to self-understanding and anticipates existentialism.
Original title: Sygdommen til Døden. Translated from Danish by Knud Ferlov and Jean-Jacques Gateau. Folio Essais collection.
For readers interested in philosophy, particularly in the origins of existentialism and in Kierkegaard's work.
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.
