The Sickness unto Death (Magill Book Reviews)
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- Author: Søren Kierkegaard
- First Published: 1849
- Type of Work: Philosophical Treatise
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Nineteenth century, Religion, God, Christianity, Death or dying, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Life, philosophy of
The title of this book is taken from a passage in the Gospel of John in which Jesus responds to the news that Lazarus is sick: Jesus says, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”
Kierkegaard begins by noting a paradox: Lazarus did in fact die. It is true, he adds, that Christ then raised Lazarus from the dead--"for the glory of God"--but, after all, Lazarus ultimately had to die again. The real point of Christ’s statement, Kierkegaard says, is not that Lazarus was going to be raised from the dead but...
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