Søren Kierkegaard

Danish philosopher

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Søren Kierkegaard - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)

(1813-55). Neglected in his lifetime, or ridiculed as a dangerous fanatic, the Danish religious philosopher Kierkegaard came to be regarded in the 20th century as one of the most influential and profound of modern thinkers. He was the most brilliant interpreter of Protestant Christianity in the 19th century. He is generally considered the founder of existentialism, a philosophy that in its simplest terms seeks to explain the significance of the freedom of an individual human being within his or her time on Earth.

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