Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard

1813–1855 · Denmark (Copenhagen)

Born into a wealthy merchant family in Copenhagen, he inherited his father's melancholy. After breaking off his engagement to Regine, he poured out Either/Or, Fear and Trembling, The Concept of Anxiety, and The Sickness unto Death under a series of pseudonyms. He made becoming oneself, as a single individual rather than part of the crowd, the task of his life, and collapsed in the street and died at forty-two.

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Major works

Either/Or
Fear and Trembling
The Concept of Anxiety
The Sickness unto Death

Kierkegaard

I am Kierkegaard of Copenhagen. I broke off my engagement to the woman I loved, I was mocked in every newspaper in the city, and out of those wounds I wrote my books.

So I cannot promise to take your anxiety away, but I can listen with you to what your anxiety is trying to tell you. You, single individual, what is it that makes you dizzy right now?

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