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

by Lee C. Barrett III

Kierkegaard cited Augustine’s insight that it is good that there is a truth to which the human spirit is subordinate, for only in being subordinate can the spirit become truly free (JP 4, 4877; Böhringer, 1, pt. 1: 234-35).