Søren Kierkegaard
Truth is subjectivity: one must take the leap of faith.
The Concept of Irony
His dissertation, on Socrates and irony, signed with his own name. Not yet in our corpus.
Either/Or essential
Published by Victor Eremita, who claims to have found the papers of two authors: "A", an aesthete who lives for pleasure and the moment, and "B", a judge who defends the ethical life. Our corpus has only the Diapsalmata (A) and the Ultimatum (B).
Fear and Trembling essential
Signed Johannes de silentio, who admires Abraham but says he does not have faith. Published the same day as religious discourses signed Kierkegaard.
The Concept of Anxiety; Philosophical Fragments
Signed Vigilius Haufniensis and Johannes Climacus. Not yet in our corpus.
Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments essential
Signed Johannes Climacus, who says he is not a Christian himself; Kierkegaard appears as editor. This is where "subjectivity is truth" is found. No free French or English translation in our corpus: we quote the Danish.
A First and Last Explanation
Four pages at the end of the Postscript, signed with his own name: he acknowledges writing the pseudonymous books and asks that their words be attributed to the pseudonyms.
Works of Love
Signed with his own name: his major book of Christian ethics. Not yet in our corpus.
The Sickness unto Death essential
Signed Anti-Climacus, "published by S. Kierkegaard". In his Journal he explains that Anti-Climacus is a more demanding Christian than he is himself: an ideal, not his direct voice.
The Point of View for My Work as an Author
Written around 1848, published by his brother after his death. He presents his whole work there as religious. Not yet in our corpus.
Journals and Papers
Thousands of private pages, published after his death (from 1869). Our corpus contains the Gilleleje entry (1835), written at 22.