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Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855)

Author of Fear and Trembling

511+ Works 28,810 Members 183 Reviews 116 Favorited

About the Author

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Søren Kierkegaard was the son of a wealthy middle-class merchant. He lived all his life on his inheritance, using it to finance his literary career. He studied theology at the University of Copenhagen, completing a master's thesis in 1841 on the topic of irony in show more Socrates. At about this time, he became engaged to a woman he loved, but he broke the engagement when he decided that God had destined him not to marry. The years 1841 to 1846 were a period of intense literary activity for Kierkegaard, in which he produced his "authorship," a series of writings of varying forms published under a series of fantastic pseudonyms. Parallel to these, he wrote a series of shorter Edifying Discourses, quasi-sermons published under his own name. As he later interpreted it in the posthumously published Point of View for My Work as an Author, the authorship was a systematic attempt to raise the question of what it means to be a Christian. Kierkegaard was persuaded that in his time people took the meaning of the Christian life for granted, allowing all kinds of worldly and pagan ways of thinking and living to pass for Christian. He applied this analysis especially to the speculative philosophy of German idealism. After 1846, Kierkegaard continued to write, publishing most works under his own name. Within Denmark he was isolated and often despised, a man whose writings had little impact in his own day or for a long time afterward. They were translated into German early in the twentieth century and have had an enormous influence since then, on both Christian theology and the existentialist tradition in philosophy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Søren Kierkegaard

Fear and Trembling (1843) 4,069 copies
The Sickness Unto Death (1849) 2,264 copies
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (1843) 1,926 copies
The Concept of Anxiety (1844) 1,192 copies
Works of Love (1847) 1,099 copies
A Kierkegaard Anthology (1946) 1,075 copies
The Seducer's Diary (1843) 975 copies
Training in Christianity (1848) 644 copies
The Essential Kierkegaard (1996) 579 copies
The Present Age (1847) 549 copies
Philosophical Fragments (1844) 474 copies
Parables of Kierkegaard (1978) 310 copies
Christian Discourses (1929) 191 copies
The Prayers of Kierkegaard (1956) 186 copies
Fear and Trembling / The Book on Adler (1994) — Author — 182 copies
A Literary Review (1846) 145 copies
Selections from the writings of Kierkegaard (1952) — Author — 132 copies
Mozart-esseet (1991) 57 copies
In vino veritas (1981) 55 copies
The Kierkegaard Reader (1989) 50 copies
Gospel of sufferings (1847) 44 copies
Kierkegaard's Writings, XVIII: Without Authority (1997) — Author — 41 copies
Letters and documents (1979) 38 copies
Kierkegaard (2010) 33 copies
The Laughter Is on My Side (1989) 33 copies
The Quotable Kierkegaard (2013) 28 copies
Samlede værker (1982) 24 copies
Encounters with Kierkegaard (1996) 23 copies
Diapsalmata (1996) 23 copies
Dagboeknotities een keuze (1974) 23 copies
Brieven (1955) 19 copies
The Kierkegaard Collection (2019) 16 copies
Edifying discourses (1943) 14 copies
Enten-Eller. Andet Halvbind (1988) 14 copies
Aforismi e pensieri (1995) 14 copies
Enten-eller: 5 (1989) 13 copies
Kierkegaards redevoeringen (1959) 12 copies
The Crowd Is Untruth (2010) 12 copies
The Moment (1988) 12 copies
Opere (1988) 11 copies
Skrifter i udvalg (1986) 11 copies
Øieblikket 1-10 (2014) 10 copies
Samlede ver (1994) 10 copies
Aforismen (1983) 6 copies
Die Leidenschaft des Religiösen (1953) — Author — 6 copies
El instante (2006) 6 copies
Atten opbyggelige Taler (1843) 6 copies
Wijsheid van Kierkegaard (2006) 5 copies
Geheime Papiere (2004) — Author — 4 copies
Saper scegliere (2010) 4 copies
Välisoittoja (1988) 4 copies
Diario (1900) 4 copies
Diario íntimo (1993) 3 copies
Antígona (2003) 3 copies
Texter och citat i urval (2013) 3 copies
Lettere del fidanzamento (2009) 2 copies
O INSTANTE (2019) 2 copies
Érotisme (1989) 2 copies
Either/or / 2 copies
Tekster i udvalg (1970) 2 copies
PUOI SOFFRIRE CON GIOIA (2012) 2 copies
Cartas del noviazgo (2005) 2 copies
Vie et regne de l'amour (1946) 2 copies
Die Tagebücher (1974) 2 copies
L'Existence (1982) 2 copies
Journals 1 copy
ESTUDIOS EST TICOS I (1996) 1 copy
The Journals 1 copy
Le stade esthétique. (1966) 1 copy
Obliques. Kierkegaard (1981) 1 copy
Accanto a una tomba (1999) 1 copy
Enten-Eller i udvalg (1995) 1 copy
The Journals 1 copy
Werkausgabe (1971) 1 copy
O baanquete 1 copy
Of/of (2019) 1 copy
Mit forhold til hende (2006) 1 copy
Livsvisdom 1 copy
Journal 1 copy
Christ 1 copy
Covek i duh 1 copy
Coupable?Non coupable! (1942) 1 copy
Berliner Tagebücher (2000) 1 copy
Kierkegaard 1 copy
6: 1849-1850 1 copy
Fear and Loathing (2014) 1 copy
JOURNAL T04 1850-1853 (1957) 1 copy
Diario (1-0) 1 copy
Der Einzelne. (2002) 1 copy
Sr̜en Kierkegaard (1981) 1 copy

Associated Works

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (1956) — Contributor — 2,081 copies
Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2004) — Contributor — 755 copies
Western Philosophy: An Anthology (1996) — Author, some editions — 184 copies
Other Selves: Philosophers on Friendship (1991) — Contributor — 89 copies
Copenhagen Tales (2014) — Contributor — 20 copies
Kierkegaard leven en werk (1962) — Contributor — 18 copies
Jylland skildret af danske forfattere — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Rusomsorg i praksis (2014) — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies
Sofistene (1994) — Contributor — 1 copy

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A hyper-intellectualized study of Abraham.
 
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trrpatton | 35 other reviews | Mar 20, 2024 |
Kierkegaard adopts the persona of an immense shallow bore to advocate a view of life, the cultivated seeking of pleasure for one’s own self as the best way to live, that he wishes to reject. There may be something inherently unsatisfactory about reading an argument the author himself makes only because he wishes to counter it later.
 
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lelandleslie | 2 other reviews | Feb 24, 2024 |
Trippy mental acrobatics. Even though it was exceptionally difficult to understand i still enjoyed it. To find meaning in the absurd, to base faith on the absurd, to go beyond reason - that is rather clever! I have lots of questions to Soren but i don't think it's important to answer them. Learning to think like him is value enough.
 
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rubyman | 35 other reviews | Feb 21, 2024 |

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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Languages
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Favorited
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