Forgiving Philosophy : Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt on the Question of Forgiveness /
Esparza, Daniel R.
Forgiving Philosophy : Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt on the Question of Forgiveness / Daniel R. Esparza. - 1 online resource (XI, 176 p.)
Frontmatter -- NOTE TO THE READER -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 QUIA ABSURDUM -- CHAPTER 2 AUGUSTINE -- CHAPTER 3 KIERKEGAARD -- CHAPTER 4 ARENDT -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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This book explores forgiveness as a philosophical matter. Responding to the curious omission of forgiveness in much of Western philosophy, it examines common themes and divergences on forgiveness in the works of Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt. These writers understood forgiveness as a paradox—it must be contained to be given (Augustine), granted-yet-not-granted (Kierkegaard), and forgotten the moment it is given, as if never given at all (Arendt). Drawing on these insights, can forgiveness be then thought of as a hidden existential capacity and not as a magnanimous display of mercy? Can we imagine forgiveness as undoing the transgression we see, and secretly engaging with the imperceptible impossibility of undoing what has indeed been done?
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783111555751 9783111556383 9783111555805
10.1515/9783111555805 doi
Arendt, Hannah.
Augustinus, Aurelius, Heiliger.
Kierkegaard, Søren.
Vergebung.
Augustine. Forgiveness. Hannah Arendt. Søren Kierkegaard.
100
Forgiving Philosophy : Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt on the Question of Forgiveness / Daniel R. Esparza. - 1 online resource (XI, 176 p.)
Frontmatter -- NOTE TO THE READER -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 QUIA ABSURDUM -- CHAPTER 2 AUGUSTINE -- CHAPTER 3 KIERKEGAARD -- CHAPTER 4 ARENDT -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book explores forgiveness as a philosophical matter. Responding to the curious omission of forgiveness in much of Western philosophy, it examines common themes and divergences on forgiveness in the works of Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Arendt. These writers understood forgiveness as a paradox—it must be contained to be given (Augustine), granted-yet-not-granted (Kierkegaard), and forgotten the moment it is given, as if never given at all (Arendt). Drawing on these insights, can forgiveness be then thought of as a hidden existential capacity and not as a magnanimous display of mercy? Can we imagine forgiveness as undoing the transgression we see, and secretly engaging with the imperceptible impossibility of undoing what has indeed been done?
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783111555751 9783111556383 9783111555805
10.1515/9783111555805 doi
Arendt, Hannah.
Augustinus, Aurelius, Heiliger.
Kierkegaard, Søren.
Vergebung.
Augustine. Forgiveness. Hannah Arendt. Søren Kierkegaard.
100