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Xenophon: Kierkegaard's Use of the Socrates of the Memorabilia

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Abstract

Almost all of the references to Xenophon in Kierkegaard's work occur in the first part of his dissertation, 'The Concept of Irony'. Kierkegaard's aim in this first part, entitled "The Position of Socrates Viewed as Irony," is to reveal the essence of the historical Socrates as irony. Part One of the dissertation is divided into three sections: "The View Made Possible," "The Actualization of the View," and "The View Made Necessary." These sections are preceded by a short introduction, in which Kierkegaard clarifies his methodology, and they are succeeded by an appendix on "Hegel's View of Socrates," It is necessary to understand Kierkegaard's methodology, and the relation of his view on Socrates to that of Hegel, before we can fully understand his use of Xenophon's accounts of Socrates.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKierkegaard and the Greek World: Tome I: Socrates and Plato
EditorsJon Stewart, Katalin Nun
Place of PublicationFarrnham, United Kingdom
PublisherAshgate Publishing
Pages199-211
Volume2
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9780754669814, 0754669815
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Publication series

NameKierkegaard Research: Sources, reception and resources
Number2

Keywords

  • History of Ideas
  • History of Philosophy
  • Comparative Religious Studies

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