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Søren Kierkegaard

Danish philosopher, theologian, and first existentialist

Kierkegaard met Regine Olsen on 8 May 1837 and formally proposed to her on 8 September 1840, but broke off the engagement on 11 August 1841.[1][2] Kierkegaard, the youngest of seven children, was born into a wealthy family in Copenhagen.[3] Between 1821 and 1830, Kierkegaard was a pupil at the School of Civic Virtue (Østre Borgerdyd Gymnasium) in Klarebodeme, learning Latin, Greek, and history; his teachers called him "very conservative".[4] On 29 September 1841 he defended his dissertation On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates, and on 20 October 1841 he received a Magister degree in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen.[5]

Kierkegaard released some writings under pseudonyms and others under his own name, using the pseudonyms as a method of indirect communication.[6] His most important work, Either/Or, came out on 20 February 1843.[7] Kierkegaard's journals contain more than 7,000 pages and are regarded as a crucial resource for grasping his philosophy.[8]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
Born
5 May 1813
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark–Norway
Died
11 November 1855
Place of death
Copenhagen, Denmark
Partner
Regine Olsen (1840–1841)
Education
University of Copenhagen (1841)
Era
19th-century philosophy

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What the cited sources add

The Open Library record for ISBN 9780140445893 lists "Papers and journals" as a 1996 Penguin Books publication of 682 pages.[9] The Open Library record for ISBN 9781606084663 lists "Soren Kierkegaard and the Common Man" as a 2009 Wipf & Stock Publishers publication of 174 pages.[10] The Open Library record for ISBN 9780881461701 lists "Subjectivity and religious truth in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard" as a 2010 Mercer University Press publication of 192 pages.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Garff 2005, p. 6; Hannay 2001, p. 91; Garff 2005, p. 6; Hannay 2001, p. 91 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Garff 2005, p. 6; Hannay 2001, p. 91 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jansen 2023, p. "Familie"; Lowrie 1962, p. 19; Garff 2005, p. 6; Kirmmse 1996, p. 153; Bukdahl, "Soren Kierkegaard and the Common Man", Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009, p. 46; Bukdahl, "Soren Kierkegaard and the Common Man", Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009, p. 46; Johannes Climacus by Søren Kierkegaard, p. 17; Gabriel, "Subjectivity and Religious Truth in the Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard", Mercer University Press, 2010, p. 9; Dorrien 2012, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=B8JJYOysH9EC&pg=PA262 13]; Green, "Kierkegaard and Kant en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jansen 2023, p. "Familie"; Hannay, "Papers and Journals: A Selection", Penguin Books, 7 March 1996, p. 4–5; Hannay, "Papers and Journals: A Selection", Penguin Books, 7 March 1996, p. 4–5 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Garff 2005, p. 6; Hannay 2001, p. 91; Garff 2005, p. 6; Hannay 2001, p. 91; Garff 2005, p. 6; Hannay 2001, p. 91; Hannay 2001, p. 91; : "The Magister degree was the equivalent of a contemporary doctorate, the title being changed to “doctor” some years later."; Garff 2005, p. 6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Meister, "The Routledge companion to philosophy of religion", Routledge, 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Religion", Routledge, 2014, p. 183; Kierkegaard's notes on Schelling's work are included in Hong's 1989 translation of the Concept of Irony; Either/Or Vol I Preface Swenson, pp. 3–6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Søren Kierkegaard" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hugo Bergmann Dialogical Philosophy from Kierkegaard to Buber p. 2; Given the importance of the journals, references in the form of (Journals, XYZ) are referenced from Dru's 1938 Journals. When known, the exact date is given; ot (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Open Library record, ISBN 9780140445893 ("Papers and journals"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  10. Open Library record, ISBN 9781606084663 ("Soren Kierkegaard and the Common Man"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  11. Open Library record, ISBN 9780881461701 ("Subjectivity and religious truth in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Søren Kierkegaard (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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