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31 August, 2004
31 August 2004"The funniest philosopher of all time"? Scott McLemee, at The Chronicle of Higher Education, reviews The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology (Princeton University Press). Thomas C. Oden, a theologian who introduces the collection, argues that Kierkegaard's humor "emerges from the realization of the infinite gap between even the loftiest ideals and most solemn efforts on the one hand and the absolute mystery and authority of God on the other." But McLemee suspects that "Most of the book's 300 pages will leave readers scratching their heads, rather than holding their sides." "Kierkegaard writes that his life 'is like the word Schnur in the dictionary, which first of all means a string, and second a daughter-in-law.'...These are the jokes, folks."
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