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When existentialism first became the rage in Paris, she was a slinky creature with a dubious reputation. She came from a good enough family (one grandfather was Danish Philosopher Sören Kierkegaard, as respectable as he was gloomy), but the lady's morals were, to say the least, confused. But that never stopped anyone from making a hit in Paris...
...current issue of the Jewish monthly, Commentary, Jewish Scholar Will Herberg describes the growing impact of Rosenzweig's work on current Jewish thought. Says Herberg: like the Christian philosopher, Kierkegaard, he felt that religious teachings "cannot be appropriated merely by the intellect; they must be made part of one's existence to be truly understood...
...being just about everything else, psychological and emotional, cultural and philosophic. There is a large mass of death cells and thunderstorms, bloody hands and lethal highballs; of human beings maddened by guilt, crazed with fear, foul-mouthed from frustration. There is a potpourri of metaphysics from the Gospels to Kierkegaard; of poetry from Marvell to Shelley; of painting from Modigliani to Cézanne...
Closeted in an Igloo. Undismayed by such catcalls, Invitation this week began a new series on "The Search for Faith" which will leaf through such books as Frazer's Golden Bough, Kierkegaard's Either/Or, and the Epistles of St. Paul Said slim, greying Producer George Crothers: "The bestseller lists are crowded with books like Peace of Mind and Peace of Soul. If people are searching for a faith, we'll help them." On the first program, Provost Mason Gross of Rutgers, Syracuse University's T. V. Smith and Columnist Max Lerner discussed The Guide...
Tiny St. John's College in Annapolis, Md. brags of the world's most distinguished faculty-the authors (Homer to Kant to Kierkegaard) of the 100-odd Great Books, "the real original and ultimate teachers at St. John's." Last week the college added its first lady to the staff: Jane Austen. Newest Great Book: Pride and Prejudice...