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Socrates meets Kierkegaard : the father of philosophy meets the father of Christian existentialism /

Kreeft, Peter.

Socrates meets Kierkegaard : the father of philosophy meets the father of Christian existentialism / by Peter Kreeft. - vii, 157 pages ; 22 cm

The meeting -- The question -- Socrates' philosophy explained -- Kierkegaard's alternative to Socrates in philosophical terms -- Kierkegaard's alternative to Socrates in religious terms -- Kierkegaard's alternative to Socrates in psychological terms -- Kierkegaard's argument for believing the Christian alternative to Socrates -- The Gospel as fairy tale -- The Gospel as fairy tale, continued -- The argument : reasons to believe the "fairy tale" -- Three answers to life's central question -- The decision : what would Socrates believe?

ISBN: 9781587318382 1587318385

Standard No.: 40023934494 40023945278

LCCN: 2013026619

Subjects--Personal Names:
1813-1855.
Socrates.
1813-1855.
Socrates.
Socrates v469-v399
1813-1855

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Imaginary conversations.
RELIGION--Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Existentialism.
Imaginary conversations.

LC Class. No.: B4377 / .K73 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 198/.9