Sören Kierkegaard, the Greatest Philosopher of His Generation, and the "Father of Existentialism", and the ...

Sören Kierkegaard, the Greatest Philosopher of His Generation, and the "Father of Existentialism", and the Well-Known Story of His Engagement to Regine Olsen [Schlegel] - by the Man to Whom Regine had Told the Complete Story, Raphael Meyer, with His Handwritten Dedication and Signature – 1905 – One of a Kind!
Sören Kierkegaard und sein Verhältnis zu "ihr"; :‎ aus nachgelassenen Papieren/‎ Hrsg. Im Auftrage der Frau Regine Schlegel und verdeutscht von Raphael Meyer
Kierkegaard believed that the first aesthetic-existential circle of man deals with pleasures and a sense of happiness yet it by itself does not lead to happiness but rather to despair and depression. The second circle of ethics- morals gives man meaning and happiness. Yet the third circle, which is above both of them, is the fundamental one: faith. In such a situation, man experiences things within himself without needing confirmation by the environment. He himself faces God and his faith contains paradoxes and significant decisions that no stranger can understand.
His personal life was as such. A young girl fell in love with him and they had a deep relationship. They got engaged yet after six months, he broke off the engagement although they were still deeply in love. He said that as a philosopher he will not be able to build a family. This caused him great sorrow and regret. His fiancée eventually remarried and lived a happy life yet the broken engagement exerted a crucial influence over his intellectual development, philosophy and theology, and the legacy of their engagement figures prominently in his writings. This was the decision that no stranger could understand.
After Kierkegaard's death, the librarian Raphael Meir met with Olsen, heard her side of the story and even received from her the letters Kierkegaard had written to her, including the one announcing his decision to break off the engagement.
He wrote everything down in his excellent German book, a copy of which is presented here.
The copy before us contains a handwritten dedication in clear script by Raphael Meyer and his handwritten signature.
Printed in Stuttgart by A. Juncker, 1905.
Vii, 157pp; 19cm.
Bibliographic note: Selections from Kierkegaard’s letters and journals
Condition: Good. Loose binding.