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    The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript

    Ralph Henry Johnson (1972)

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    Conclusion

    The aim of this study has been to present the fundamental insights of the Concluding Unscientific Postscript into human existence. Before our eyes throughout has been this one question: What does it mean to exist...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)

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    Introduction

    Briefly stated, the aim of this study is to arrive at an understanding of the treatment of existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript.1 The task proves to be a complicated one, however, not only because ...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)

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    Human Existence

    In the first chapter, we argued that the forgetting-claim is the cornerstone of the Postscript and stated that our aim would be to elucidate the sense of “exist” operative in that claim.1 That will be task of the...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)

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    Forgetting

    Our objective in this chapter is to analyze the claim that men have forgotten what it means to exist.1 In Chapter III, we explained that Climacus distinguishes between a loose and a strict sense of the predicate ...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)

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    Differences

    In this chapter, we deviate from the course set out in the last chapter. The rationale for this is our belief that Climacus’ treatment of existence must be seen against its background. The following passage al...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)

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    A Glance at Two Contemporary Efforts in Kierkegaardian Scholarship

    It may seem that the main difference between this study and others is the trifling one that we have insisted upon attributing the Postscript (and the views on human existence found there) to Climacus rather than ...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)

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    The Art of Reminding

    In this chapter, we ask the question: How can a forgetting be spoken to? Metaphorically, this is the situation:

    When a man has his mouth so full of food that he is prevented from eating, and is lik...

    Ralph Henry Johnson in The Concept of Existence in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1972)