Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Kierkegaard and Socrates
Jacob Howland · 2006
78/100
👍 Worth It
Jacob Howland's argument that Socratic philosophical eros and Christian faith are kindred rather than opposed passions is genuinely fresh, and peer reviewers at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews found the execution clear and well-argued — high praise for a Cambridge monograph in this territory. The audience is narrow by necessity, but if you are working at the intersection of Plato, Kierkegaard, and theology, this is the book.
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