CONTENTS

Part One
THE OBJECTIVE ISSUE OF THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY

CHAPTER I
The Historical Point of View

CHAPTER II
The Speculative Point of View

Part Two
THE SUBJECTIVE ISSUE, THE SUBJECTIVE INDIVIDUALS RELATION TO THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY, OR BECOMING A CHRISTIAN

Section I
SOMETHING ABOUT LESSING

CHAPTER I
An Expression of Gratitude to Lessing

CHAPTER II
Possible and Actual Theses by Lessing

Section II
THE SUBJECTIVE ISSUE, OR HOW SUBJECTIVITY MUST BE CONSTITUTED IN ORDER THAT THE ISSUE CAN BE MANIFEST TO IT

CHAPTER I
Becoming Subjective
What ethics would have to judge if becoming subjective were not the highest task assigned to a human being; what must be disregarded in a closer understanding of this task; examples of thinking oriented to becoming subjective

CHAPTER II
Subjective Truth, Inwardness; Truth Is Subjectivity

A PPENDIX
A Glance at a Contemporary Effort in Danish Literature

CHAPTER III
Actual Subjectivity, Ethical Subjectivity; the Subjective Thinker

CHAPTER IV
The Issue in Fragments: How Can an Eternal Happiness Be Built on Historical Knowledge?

D IVISION 1
For Orientation in the Plan of Fragments

D IVISION
The Issue Itself
The individuals eternal happiness is decided in time through a relation to something historical that furthermore is historical in such a way that its composition includes that which according to its nature cannot become historical and consequently must become that by virtue of the absurd

A
PATHOS

B
T HE DIALECTICAL

A PPENDIX TO B
The Retroactive Effect of the Dialectical on Pathos Leading to a Sharpened Pathos, and the Contemporaneous Elements of This Pathos

CHAPTER V
Conclusion

APPENDIX
An Understanding with the Reader