The Sickness Unto Death
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The Sickness Unto Death is a philosophical and theological work by Søren Kierkegaard that explores the nature of despair and the human self in relation to faith and God.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sickness Unto Death canonical | 3 |
| The Sickness unto Death | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical work
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theological work ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
despair as not being conscious of having a self
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despair as not willing to be oneself ⓘ despair as willing to be oneself apart from God ⓘ |
| aimedAt | Christian readers concerned with faith and selfhood ⓘ |
| author | Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Christian faith
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despair ⓘ relationship between the self and God ⓘ the nature of the self ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark ⓘ |
| definesSelfAs |
a relation that relates itself to itself
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a synthesis of freedom and necessity ⓘ a synthesis of the finite and the infinite ⓘ a synthesis of the temporal and the eternal ⓘ |
| dividesDespairInto |
despair of defiance
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despair of weakness ⓘ |
| followedBy | Practice in Christianity ⓘ |
| form | prose treatise ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian existentialist work
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religious philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century existentialist theology
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Karl Barth ⓘ Paul Tillich ⓘ Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ modern existentialist philosophy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
despair as sickness of the spirit
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selfhood achieved in relation to God ⓘ sin as intensified despair before God ⓘ |
| notableIdea | despair as a sickness unto death that does not lead to physical death ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sygdommen til Døden ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
human freedom and necessity
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relationship between faith and reason ⓘ subjectivity and inwardness ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | existentialism ⓘ |
| precedes | Practice in Christianity ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| publishedUnderPseudonym | Anti-Climacus ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Fear and Trembling
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Practice in Christianity ⓘ The Concept of Anxiety ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Lutheranism
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surface form:
Lutheran Christianity
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| subtitle | A Christian psychological exposition for upbuilding and awakening ⓘ |
| theologicalConcern |
Christian concept of salvation
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despair before God ⓘ nature of sin ⓘ |
| workSeries | second authorship of Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ |
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The Sickness unto Death