Søren Kierkegaard

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existentialist philosopher human philosopher theologian writer

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish philosopher, theologian, and writer widely regarded as the father of existentialism, known for his critiques of Hegelianism and Christendom and his exploration of individual faith and subjectivity.

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Label	Occurrences
Søren Kierkegaard canonical	85
Kierkegaard	2
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard	1
Søren Kierkegaard's authorship	1

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instanceOf	existentialist philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ
almaMater	University of Copenhagen ⓘ
birthCountry	Denmark ⓘ
birthDate	1813-05-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Copenhagen ⓘ
criticized	Danish state church ⓘ Hegelian system ⓘ
deathDate	1855-11-11 ⓘ
deathPlace	Copenhagen ⓘ
denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark ⓘ surface form: Church of Denmark
engagedTo	Regine Olsen ⓘ
era	19th-century philosophy ⓘ
familyName	Søren Kierkegaard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kierkegaard
father	Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard ⓘ
fieldOfWork	philosophy ⓘ religious writing ⓘ theology ⓘ
fullName	Søren Kierkegaard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
genre	philosophical literature ⓘ religious literature ⓘ
givenName	Søren ⓘ
influenced	Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ Gabriel Marcel ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Karl Barth ⓘ Karl Jaspers ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Miguel de Unamuno ⓘ Paul Tillich ⓘ Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
influencedBy	Friedrich Schleiermacher ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
knownFor	analysis of anxiety and despair ⓘ being the father of existentialism ⓘ concept of the leap of faith ⓘ critique of Christendom ⓘ critique of Hegelianism ⓘ
language	Danish ⓘ
mainInterest	Christianity ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ ethics ⓘ existence ⓘ faith ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ psychology ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ
mother	Ane Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard ⓘ
movement	Christian existentialism ⓘ existentialism ⓘ
name	Søren Kierkegaard self-link ⓘ
nationality	Danish ⓘ
notableWork	Philosophical Fragments ⓘ surface form: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments Either/Or ⓘ Fear and Trembling ⓘ Philosophical Fragments ⓘ Practice in Christianity ⓘ The Concept of Anxiety ⓘ The Sickness Unto Death ⓘ Works of Love ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ
philosophicalConcept	indirect communication ⓘ stages on life’s way (aesthetic, ethical, religious) ⓘ subjective truth ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
usedPseudonym	Anti-Climacus ⓘ Constantin Constantius ⓘ Johannes Climacus ⓘ Johannes de Silentio ⓘ Vigilius Haufniensis ⓘ

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Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Ludwig Wittgenstein → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

G. W. F. Hegel → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johann Gottlieb Fichte → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Friedrich Nietzsche → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Binding of Isaac → influencedAuthor → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Otto Rank → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Blaise Pascal → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

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Martin Heidegger → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Dietrich Bonhoeffer → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johann Georg Hamann → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

existential psychotherapy → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

University of Copenhagen → hasNotableAlumni → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Albert Camus → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Fear and Trembling → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Søren Kierkegaard's authorship

Karl Jaspers → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Emil Cioran → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Schelling → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

Martin Buber → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Reinhold Niebuhr → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Rollo May → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Joseph → influenced → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

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Christian existentialism → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Rudolf Bultmann → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Karl Barth → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Negative Dialectics → influencedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Either/Or → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

The Concept of Anxiety → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Philosophical Fragments → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Philosophical Fragments → pseudonymUsedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Works of Love → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Practice in Christianity → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

The Sickness Unto Death → author → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johannes Climacus → createdBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johannes Climacus → usedByAuthor → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Vigilius Haufniensis → createdBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Vigilius Haufniensis → pseudonymOf → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johannes de Silentio → realIdentity → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johannes de Silentio → usedBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Johannes de Silentio → createdBy → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Anti-Climacus → creator → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Regine Olsen → fiancé → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen → notableBurial → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ

Ane Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard → child → Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ