Anti-Climacus
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Anti-Climacus is a pseudonymous authorial persona created by Søren Kierkegaard to present an idealized, rigorously Christian perspective in several of his philosophical and theological works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anti-Climacus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1495237 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anti-Climacus Context triple: [Søren Kierkegaard, usedPseudonym, Anti-Climacus]
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A.
Men Without Women
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B.
Pleasure Wars
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C.
Ages of Man
Ages of Man is an ancient Greek myth, famously recounted by Hesiod, that divides human history into successive declining eras from a Golden Age to an Iron Age.
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D.
Of Anger
"Of Anger" is a moral and philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that analyzes the causes, dangers, and proper management of anger in human behavior.
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E.
The Social Climbers
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anti-Climacus Target entity description: Anti-Climacus is a pseudonymous authorial persona created by Søren Kierkegaard to present an idealized, rigorously Christian perspective in several of his philosophical and theological works.
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A.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women is a 1927 short story collection by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of masculinity, loss, and emotional isolation through his characteristic sparse, understated prose.
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B.
Pleasure Wars
Pleasure Wars is a historical and cultural study by Peter Gay that examines changing Western attitudes toward pleasure, sexuality, and bourgeois life.
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C.
Ages of Man
Ages of Man is an ancient Greek myth, famously recounted by Hesiod, that divides human history into successive declining eras from a Golden Age to an Iron Age.
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D.
Of Anger
"Of Anger" is a moral and philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that analyzes the causes, dangers, and proper management of anger in human behavior.
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E.
The Social Climbers
"The Social Climbers" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Life of Mammals" that explores the behavior and adaptations of tree-dwelling and socially complex mammal species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
authorial persona
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literary character ⓘ pseudonymous author ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
philosophical literature
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theological literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
despair as sickness unto death
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imitation of Christ ⓘ offense at Christ ⓘ the self before God ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Christian existentialism ⓘ |
| authorialLevelRelativeToKierkegaard | higher Christian ideal than Kierkegaard himself ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Christian discipleship
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despair ⓘ faith ⓘ relationship to Christ ⓘ selfhood ⓘ sin ⓘ |
| contrastWith | Johannes Climacus ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginContext | Denmark ⓘ |
| creator | Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ |
| describedAs | ideal Christian ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
existential decision for Christ
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radical requirement of Christian faith ⓘ subjective appropriation of Christian truth ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Søren Kierkegaard in mid-19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | Danish ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
confessional
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didactic ⓘ polemical ⓘ |
| modeOfCommunication | indirect communication ⓘ |
| nameAlludesTo |
St. John Climacus
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surface form:
John Climacus
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| nationalContext | Danish literature ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | fictional persona ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | existentialism ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Kierkegaard’s indirect communication ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective |
Christianity
ⓘ
rigorously Christian viewpoint ⓘ |
| roleInKierkegaardAuthorship | presents ideal Christian existence ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Lutheranism
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surface form:
Lutheran Christianity
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| usedByAuthorTo |
articulate idealized Christian subjectivity
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criticize nominal Christianity ⓘ |
| usedInWork |
Practice in Christianity
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The Sickness Unto Death ⓘ
surface form:
The Sickness unto Death
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| workFunction |
narrator of Practice in Christianity
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narrator of The Sickness unto Death ⓘ |
| writtenForAudience | Christians within Christendom ⓘ |
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Subject: Anti-Climacus Description of subject: Anti-Climacus is a pseudonymous authorial persona created by Søren Kierkegaard to present an idealized, rigorously Christian perspective in several of his philosophical and theological works.
Referenced by (3)
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