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    Kierkegaard: Philosophy in an Hour

    By Paul Strathern

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 5, 2012
    ISBN9780007466276
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    Kierkegaard: Philosophy in an Hour
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    Paul Strathern

    Paul Strathern is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist, and his nonfiction works include The Venetians, Death in Florence, The Medici, Mendeleyev's Dream, The Florentines, Empire, and The Borgias, all available from Pegasus Books. He lives in England.

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