Michael Tanner

A moral hypochondriac

The self-obsessed philosopher, who feared any close human contact would leave him spiritually compromised, courted unpopularity, and then complained of it

  • Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard

    Clare Carlisle

    Allen Lane, pp. 317

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