Kierkegaard, Søren ___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Kierkegaard, a religious philosopher, is considered to be the founder of existentialism. He is feted in his home country as one of the great writers in the Danish golden age of intellectual and artistic activity. The youngest of seven children, he was born in Copenhagen, where his father had become a successful retailer. He spent ten years studying theology at Copenhagen University and eventually graduated in 1840 two years after his father died. Biographers consider this period to have been most important for his spiritual development. In September 1840, he became engaged to Regine Olsen, who was only 17 at the time. Regretting his action, and thinking he had done wrong, he withdrew from the engagement and went to Berlin for six months. Regine married happily, but Kierkegaard never forgot her and later dedicated the whole of his literary oeuvre to her. On returning from Berlin, he published 'Either-Or' under a pseudonym, which presented, for the first time, his basic ideas on existential philosophy. Later, he published important critiques of Hegel and of the German Romantics, contributed to the development of modernism, and made concerted attempts to revitalise Christian faith. Kierkegaard's journal was written on more 7,000 pages and contains unfinished works as well as alternative versions of published works. It also gives a good insight into his thought process, and detailed accounts of his experiences and projects.
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1835-1855 ___ religious philosophy science creativity self psychology

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SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard
The Last Years: Journals 1853-1855
 

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