Johannes de Silentio

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Johannes de Silentio is a literary pseudonym of Søren Kierkegaard, under which he wrote key philosophical works such as "Fear and Trembling" exploring faith, paradox, and subjectivity.

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Johannes de Silentio canonical 4
John of Silence 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authorial persona
literary pseudonym
activePeriod 1840s
associatedConcept knight of faith
knight of infinite resignation
leap of faith
teleological suspension of the ethical
associatedWithBiblicalFigure Abraham
associatedWithPhilosopher Immanuel Kant
surface form: Immanuel Kant (as interlocutor in Fear and Trembling)
associatedWithReligion Christianity
associatedWithWorkForm pseudonymous treatise
authorOf Dialectical Lyric
Fear and Trembling
Prefaces
Repetition
countryOfOrigin Denmark
createdBy Søren Kierkegaard
describedAs observer of faith rather than man of faith
field existential philosophy
philosophy
theology
firstAppearanceWork Fear and Trembling
genre philosophical literature
religious philosophy
hasPerspective critique of purely rational ethics
emphasis on individual inwardness
influenced 20th-century existentialist thought
philosophy of religion
languageOfExpression Danish
medium books
nameMeaning Johannes de Silentio self-linksurface differs
surface form: John of Silence
notableWork Fear and Trembling
philosophicalTradition Christian existentialism
existentialism precursor
realIdentity Søren Kierkegaard
relatedTo Søren Kierkegaard pseudonymous authorship
roleInKierkegaardAuthorship indirect communication device
pseudonymous narrator
topicOf Kierkegaard scholarship
usedBy Søren Kierkegaard
workFocus Abraham and Isaac narrative
ethics
faith
paradox
subjectivity

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Søren Kierkegaard usedPseudonym Johannes de Silentio
Fear and Trembling pseudonymousAuthor Johannes de Silentio
Johannes de Silentio nameMeaning Johannes de Silentio self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: John of Silence
Constantin Constantius sharesContextWith Johannes de Silentio
Frygt og Bæven pseudonymousAuthor Johannes de Silentio