This article provides an English translation (with commentary) of Andreas Frederik Beck’s review ... more This article provides an English translation (with commentary) of Andreas Frederik Beck’s review of Kierkegaard’s On the Concept of Irony. Beck’s review is notable for its detailed, scholarly discussion of Kierkegaard’s text. While Beck draws attention to the unusual style of Kierkegaard’s disser- tation and to Kierkegaard’s occasional use of irony, he does not treat the disser- tation as itself ironic in overall form or intent. Kierkegaard’s response to this review, in which he makes the rare acknowledgement that Beck “has come quite close to having understood” him, provides indirect textual support for thinking that Beck is right in regarding Kierkegaard’s treatise on irony as a serious, scholarly work that is not itself essentially ironic.
In this paper I argue that Plato s Apology is the principal text on which Kierkegaard relies in a... more In this paper I argue that Plato s Apology is the principal text on which Kierkegaard relies in arguing for the idea that Socrates is fundamentally an ironist. After providing an overview of the structure of this argument, I then consider Kierkegaard s more general discussion of irony, unpacking the distinction he draws between irony as a figure of speech and irony as a standpoint. I conclude by examining Kierkegaard s claim that the Apology itself is "splendidly suited for obtaining a clear concept of Socrates ironic activity," considering in particular Kierkegaard s discussion of Socrates remarks about death and his use of Friedrich Ast s commentary to help his readers to discover the irony that he contends runs throughout Socrates defense speech.
H]e is always poor, and he's far from being delicate and beautiful […]; instead, he is tough and ... more H]e is always poor, and he's far from being delicate and beautiful […]; instead, he is tough and shriveled and shoeless and homeless […]. […] he is a schemer after the beautiful and the good; he is brave, impetuous, and intense, an awesome hunter, always weaving snares, resourceful in his pursuit of intelligence, a lover of wisdom through all his life, a genius of enchantments, potions, and clever pleadings.
This article provides an English translation (with commentary) of Andreas Frederik Beck’s review ... more This article provides an English translation (with commentary) of Andreas Frederik Beck’s review of Kierkegaard’s On the Concept of Irony. Beck’s review is notable for its detailed, scholarly discussion of Kierkegaard’s text. While Beck draws attention to the unusual style of Kierkegaard’s disser- tation and to Kierkegaard’s occasional use of irony, he does not treat the disser- tation as itself ironic in overall form or intent. Kierkegaard’s response to this review, in which he makes the rare acknowledgement that Beck “has come quite close to having understood” him, provides indirect textual support for thinking that Beck is right in regarding Kierkegaard’s treatise on irony as a serious, scholarly work that is not itself essentially ironic.
In this paper I argue that Plato s Apology is the principal text on which Kierkegaard relies in a... more In this paper I argue that Plato s Apology is the principal text on which Kierkegaard relies in arguing for the idea that Socrates is fundamentally an ironist. After providing an overview of the structure of this argument, I then consider Kierkegaard s more general discussion of irony, unpacking the distinction he draws between irony as a figure of speech and irony as a standpoint. I conclude by examining Kierkegaard s claim that the Apology itself is "splendidly suited for obtaining a clear concept of Socrates ironic activity," considering in particular Kierkegaard s discussion of Socrates remarks about death and his use of Friedrich Ast s commentary to help his readers to discover the irony that he contends runs throughout Socrates defense speech.
H]e is always poor, and he's far from being delicate and beautiful […]; instead, he is tough and ... more H]e is always poor, and he's far from being delicate and beautiful […]; instead, he is tough and shriveled and shoeless and homeless […]. […] he is a schemer after the beautiful and the good; he is brave, impetuous, and intense, an awesome hunter, always weaving snares, resourceful in his pursuit of intelligence, a lover of wisdom through all his life, a genius of enchantments, potions, and clever pleadings.
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