Kierkegaard

American  

[keer-ki-gahrd, keer-kuh-gawr] / ˈkɪər kɪˌgɑrd, ˈkir kəˌgɔr /

noun

1. Sören Aabye 1813–55, Danish philosopher and theologian.

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Kierkegaard British  

/ ˈkirɡəɡɔːr, ˈkɪəkəˌɡɑːd /

noun

1. 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)

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Other Word Forms

• Kierkegaardian adjective

Example Sentences

This might mean James Patterson on some days; on others, Kierkegaard.

From New York Times

Another former patient at Research, who happens to be “one of my few students ever to really get Kierkegaard,” advises Martin that “just telling your own story is best.”

From New York Times

“Purity of heart is to will one thing,” wrote the early 19th-century Danish philosopher and poet Soren Kierkegaard, his one willed thing being knowledge of — meaning faith in — an absolute, sometimes called God.

From New York Times

Viewers were gobsmacked by the end, or beginning, as it were, which validates Søren Kierkegaard's concept that "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

From Salon

But, Kierkegaard added, “I don’t know if the will is there.”

From Washington Post