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Do I have to know a lot about Kierkegaard's theories before reading this? Or would I understand the book as I read?

Andrea Not reallly. In this book Kierkegaard shows the characteristics and the limits of aestetic life: it's only a part of one of his most important work, E…moreNot reallly. In this book Kierkegaard shows the characteristics and the limits of aestetic life: it's only a part of one of his most important work, Enten-Eller (or Aut-Aut), where he also deals with ethic life and religious one. The last one belongs to other works - such as Fear and Trembling - so you only need to know that Kierkegaard distinguishes three different stages: aestetic (which is the content of the Diary), ethic and religious. Then, because of Kierkegaard religious education, he will show you why aestetic life is solved in a failure, and from this point, this book is connected with the other part of Enten-Eller, where there is a comparison between aestetic and ethic life.

So, you need to know:
- A bit of the three stadium.
- How the three stadium are connected each other.

Hegel is not necessary to deal with this book, but remember that Kierkegaard can't stand him and his Idealism.(less)

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