pWho might reasonably be nominated as the funniest philosopher of all time With this anthology, Thomas Oden provisionally declares S ren Aabye Kierkegaard 1813-1855--despite his enduring stereotype as the melancholy, despairing Dane--as, among philosophers, the most amusing.pbrp Kierkegaard not only explored comic perception to its depths but also practiced the art of comedy as astutely as any writer of his time. This collection shows how his theory of comedy is integrated into his practice of comic perception, and how both are integral to his entire authorship.pbrp Kierkegaard's humor ranges from the droll to the rollicking from farce to intricate, subtle analysis from nimble stories to amusing aphorisms. In these pages you are invited to meet the wife of an author who burned her husband's manuscript and a businessman who, even with an abundance of calling cards, forgot his own name. You will hear of an interminable vacillator whom archeologists found still pacing thousands of years l