Kierkegaard called this loss of the self “despair”: a spiritual sickness that, he believed, afflicts us all. The way he describes it, despair sounds like bad news, and in a way it is.

In The Sickness unto Death, 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard argues that in this fallen world, everybody begins in a state of despair. Some people might think they aren’t, but ...

To the 19th-century philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, authenticity was neither about superficial inclinations (e.g., fulfilling desires) nor the realization of innate potential (e.g., self ...

Just some of the artists was have been inspired and influenced by Kierkegaard's notions of angst, despair and the importance of the individual include Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul ...

Kierkegaard and Australia's sense of historical despair Gary Bryson Posted 8 May 2013 8 May 2013 Wed 8 May 2013 at 7:37am , updated 8 May 2013 8 May 2013 Wed 8 May 2013 at 11:40pm ...

SoREN KIERKEGAARD: A Biography. By Joakim Garff. Translated from the Danish by Bruce H. Kirmmse. Princeton Univ. 867 pp. $35. For many, the mention of Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) brings to mind ...

How Kierkegaard Can Help Us Cope With Trump-Related Anxiety What the great Danish philosopher of the absurd would have made of our era. By Robert Zaretsky ...

Søren Kierkegaard’s theory of despair. Melancholy, Edvard Munch, 1895.(Universal History Archive / Getty) You’ve probably had the experience—perhaps while listening to music, seeing an old ...