Kierkegaard

[ keer-ki-gahrd; Danish keer-kuh-gawr ]

/ ˈkɪər kɪˌgɑrd; Danish ˈkir kəˌgɔr /

noun

Sö·ren Aa·bye

[sœ-ruh n aw-by] /ˈsœ rən ˈɔ bü/,1813–55, Danish philosopher and theologian.

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Example sentences from the Web for kierkegaard

Neither Paul nor Kierkegaard were kidding when they wrote of fear and trembling.
How Losing My Daughter Changed My Faith|Kyle Cupp|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kierkegaard is right: we are cursed to understand life only backwards while living it forwards.
Hurrah for Barnes!|Roxanne Coady|October 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Kierkegaard, a sort of Swedish person, said, “Life is best understood backwards, but must be lived forward.”
My Address—and Apology—to Yale|Christopher Buckley|May 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Kierkegaard's influence was strong upon him; he wished to be moral, and thundered against stheticism.
The Growth of a Soul|August Strindberg

For although Kierkegaard, as regards his matter, is in many ways ahead of Romanticism, he is still connected with it by his style.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes
He is as cold as ice, as cold as Kierkegaard's shadow of a seducer, whom he in this particular anticipates.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes
Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth|George Brandes
We must go to Kierkegaard's ieblikket (The Moment) to find outbursts corresponding to this.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France|Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for kierkegaard

Kierkegaard

/ (ˈkɪəkəˌɡɑːd, Danish ˈkirɡəɡɔːr) /

noun

Søren Aabye (ˈsøːrən ˈɔːby). 1813–55, Danish philosopher and theologian. He rejected organized Christianity and anticipated the existentialists in emphasizing man's moral responsibility and freedom of choice. His works include Either/Or (1843), The Concept of Dread (1844), and The Sickness unto Death (1849)

Derived forms of Kierkegaard

Kierkegaardian, adjective

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