Eros and Self-Emptying: The Intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard (Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker)

by Lee C. Barrett III

in Kierkegaard’s judgment, Augustine understood correctly what this personal appropriation really involved. In 1851, Kierkegaard applauded the fact that Augustine rightly construed the Christian life as a path of affliction and exile (JP 4, 4670).