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Soren Kierkegaard, born May 5, 1813, Copenhagen, Den., died Nov. 11, 1855, Copenhagen. Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher. A precursor of modern existentialism, Kierkegaard insisted on the need for individual decision and leaps of faith in the search for religious truth, thereby contradicting Protestant rationalist theology. Kierkegaard cultivated paradox and irony throughout his life, so that the problem of what he really thought or felt is difficult to determine. His works include Either/Or and Fear and Trembling. Soren Kierkegaard is a major player in the Realm of Existentialism.
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existentialism and Soren Kierkegaard

born May 5, 1813, Copenhagen, Denmark
died Nov. 11, 1855, Copenhagen, Denmark

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. --Soren Kierkegaard

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Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, b. May 5, 1813, d. Nov. 11, 1855, was a Danish philosopher and religious thinker whose reaction against the depersonalization of society and against the established church of Denmark took the form of brilliant literary and philosophical essays. Kierkegaard is regarded by philosophers today as a precursor of Existentialism, although not all existentialists are directly influenced by him.

Kierkegaard studied philosophy and theology at the University of Copenhagen and received a master's degree in 1840. The next year he shocked Copenhagen's society by breaking his engagement to Regine Olsen, the daughter of a treasury official. Although Kierkegaard broke the engagement for fear that he and his fiancee might lack common philosophic interests, he gave the impression of acting out of a brutal and indifferent selfishness in order to make the breach definitive.

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