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  1. Jul 23, 2012 · Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a nineteenth century existentialist philosopher, and arguably both the father of existentialism and modern psychology. He is a grossly misunderstood figure, whom some argue was a mystic, an anti-rationalist, or, as is more reasonable, an anti-philosopher.

    • First Period: Works of Youth
    • Second Period: Indirect Communication
    • Third Period: The Corsair Affair
    • Fourth Period: A Prelude to The Second Authorship
    • Fifth Period: Direct Communication
    • Sixth Period: The Attack Upon Christendom
    • Other (Posthumous) Works

    This period consists of Kierkegaard's earliest full work From the Papers of One Still Living, an unfinished play, The Battle Between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars, journal notes, and the dissertation. Kierkegaard would also engage in his first of three literary battles. His literary opponents were Orla Lehmann and Johannes Hage. In these exchang...

    In 1843 Kierkegaard began his dual authorship of pseudonymous writings on philosophical and theological subjects, and religious works penned under his own name. His purpose for the pseudonyms was mainly to undermine the Hegelian "system" and an uncritical and dispassionate view of one's relationship with God. Because of this, Kierkegaard considered...

    This short period covers Denmark's most dramatic and well-known literary conflict of which Kierkegaard was the focus. The Corsairwas a weekly satirical paper, which lampooned people of repute, and was itself considered disreputable, though it was read surreptitiously by many. Although Kierkegaard contributed only two articles to the conflict, the a...

    After the contrived end of his writing career in 1846, Kierkegaard began writing again later that same year. During this period he primarily took to writing shorter works and articles, except for the lengthy Works of Love. Though most of these works were not indirect (pseudonymous), they precede the spiritual re-awakening of 1848.

    In 1848 Kierkegaard underwent a spiritual re-awakening, calling 1848 "the richest and most fruitful year I have experienced as an author". During this entire period Kierkegaard wrote either under his own name, or, when using a pseudonym, listed himself as editor. His use of pseudonyms was no longer designed to mask his authorship or to situate the ...

    Kierkegaard would engage in three literary battles during his lifetime. The first was an encounter with Orla Lehmann and Johannes Hage, when Kierkegaard was in his early twenties. The second battle was the so-called CorsairAffair. This final battle would be the so-called Attack Upon Christendom which concluded with his death. This battle occurred a...

    This section consists of Kierkegaard's correspondence and journal entries. Note: All separately published posthumous works which were found among the journals and papers are listed separately in other parts of the Commentary.

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  3. Kierkegaard, D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on - A Primer on Kierkegaardian Motifs. A Primer On Kierkegaardian Motifs. This section is intended as a brief overview of Kierkegaardian thought and a starting point for readers who have had limited exposure to Kierkegaard.

  4. The themes of sacrificial father/son relationships, of inherited sin, of the burden of history, and of the centrality of the " individual, human existence relationship, the old text, well known, handed down from the fathers" (Postscript) are repeated many times in Kierkegaard's oeuvre.

  5. About The Author D. Anthony Storm. I have a BA in French with minors in Latin and Greek, and have completed the course work for a PhD in Classical Studies from CUNY. But my knowledge of Kierkegaard is largely self taught from decades of reading. I am an amateur in the best sense of the term.

  6. Kierkegaard wrote three works on his authorship: The Point of View for My Work as an Author, The Single Individual and On My Work as an Author, which is the shortest of the three, and was the only one published in his lifetime since Kierkegaard thought the others might be misunderstood. The work begins under the title "The Accounting", and is ...

  7. An Explanation And A Little More. This is Kierkegaard's fourth article where he denies having authored one of his works, which was part of his plan to create authorial distance. In "Public Confession", under his own name, he disavowed authoring some early pseudonymous articles from his student days.

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