Kierkegaard
OriginDenmark
Era1813
SchoolExistentialism
About Kierkegaard
The father of existentialism. Wrote under multiple pseudonyms representing different philosophical positions. Broke off his engagement to Regine Olsen, which haunted his entire literary output. The leap of faith: belief cannot be grounded in reason alone. Despised Hegels systematic philosophy as removing the individual.
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