Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( SORR-ən KEER-kə-gard, also US: -⁠gor; Danish: [ˈsœːɐn ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒˀ] (listen); 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Søren Kierkegaard has received more than 4,052,360 page views. His biography is available in 106 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 103 in 2019). Søren Kierkegaard is the 34th most popular philosopher (down from 30th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Philosopher.

Søren Kierkegaard is most famous for his philosophy of existentialism.