Abstract

From the first moments of perusal I felt quite certain that Watts’s study, by virtue of its limpid prose and the serene self-assurance of its style, would be a reader’s delight, and so it was! Unlike so many books that merely shuffle around Kierkegaard, seeming to convey knowledge of the daedal structure of his art, Watts’ sure-footed approach avoids any form of circumlocution or sciolism. Instead, his presentation of Kierkegaard’s thought is crystalline, concise, and compelling.