PHILOSOPHER

Søren Kierkegaard

1813 - 1855

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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( SORR-ən KEER-kə-gard, US also -⁠gor, Danish: [ˈsɶːɐn ˈɔˀˌpyˀ ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒˀ] ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, 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 6,640,374 page views. His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 108 in 2019). Søren Kierkegaard is the 39th most popular philosopher, the 5th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Philosopher.

Søren Kierkegaard is most famous for his philosophy of existentialism.

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  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 113

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Søren Kierkegaard has had the most page views in the with 798,714 views, followed by Spanish (191,216), and Russian (113,959). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Mingrelian (388.72%), Marathi (189.90%), and Cantonese (135.95%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Søren Kierkegaard ranks 39 out of 1,267. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, Anaximander, Al-Farabi, Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, and Plutarch. After him are David Hume, Sun Tzu, Rajneesh, Laozi, Empedocles, and Origen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Søren Kierkegaard ranks 3. Before him are Giuseppe Verdi, and Richard Wagner. After him are David Livingstone, Claude Bernard, Ivar Aasen, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Georg Büchner, Henry Bessemer, Charles-Valentin Alkan, John Snow, and Franz Miklosich. Among people deceased in 1855, Søren Kierkegaard ranks 2. Before him is Carl Friedrich Gauss. After him are Nicholas I of Russia, Charlotte Brontë, Adam Mickiewicz, Gérard de Nerval, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Adelaide of Austria, Pavel Nakhimov, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, François Rude, and Maria Theresa of Austria.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Søren Kierkegaard ranks 5 out of 1,032. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Margrethe II of Denmark (1940), Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), and Niels Bohr (1885). After him are Haakon VII of Norway (1872), Ivar the Boneless (900), Cnut the Great (995), Asta Nielsen (1881), Frederick IX of Denmark (1899), Björn Ironside (800), and Karen Blixen (1885).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Denmark

Among philosophers born in Denmark, Søren Kierkegaard ranks 1. After him are Boetius of Dacia (1240), Harald Høffding (1843), and Ada Adler (1878).

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