Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard is one of the most influential Danish thinkers. His books range widely, from the literary to the theological, philosophical and psychological ideas. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was born in 1813 and grew up in the Golden Age Copenhagen. Early on he was influenced by the very melancholy understanding of Christianity, he received from his father, Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard[1].

Kierkegaard was with his brother, theologian PC Kierkegaard, the only one of a family of 7 who survived their father. Soren Kierkegaard and his father were both convinced that the many deaths in the family was God's punishment. Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard ...