The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin is a philosophical work written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1844. It expl
Danish title page to The Concept of Anxiety
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776–1841)
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on
The Concept of Anxiety
…En simpel psychologisk-paapegende Overveielse i Retning af det dogmatiske Problem om Arvesynden) is a philosophical work written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1844. It explores the concept of anxiety as it relates to human freedom, original sin, and existential choice. The original 1944 English translation…
Unfinished sketch of Kierkegaard by his cousin Niels Christian Kierkegaard, Royal Library, Copenhagen, c. 1840
Søren Kierkegaard.―Hand-drawn copy (1895) of a pencil drawing in the portraiture collection of the Royal Library
When Michael (Mikael) Kierkegaard died on 9 August 1838, Søren had lost both his parents and all his brothers and sisters except for Peter who later became Bishop of Aalborg in the Danish State Lutheran Church.
From left to right: Wolff, Holberg, Hamann, Lessing, Plato and Socrates, all of whom became influences in Kierkegaard's philosophy.