Cultural Reader: Søren Kierkegaard: Terms, Ideas and Concepts Explained

Søren Kierkegaard is a philosopher who coined many terms and concepts that are internal to his thinking (or concepts adapted by him from other philosophers such as Hegel) and reading him requires knowing them. Here we gathered some of Kierkegaard's key concepts that are central to his ideas. For a full account of Kierkegaard's thought see our Guide to Søren Kierkegaard's Philosophy or our summary of Fear and Trembling (more summaries of Kierkegaard's writing are on their way).