The youngest of seven children, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard was born in 1813 in Copenhagen. His sisters, mother and two of his brothers died before he was 21. His father was a sober, religious man who clouded his childhood. After seven years of study he starting criticising Christianity, the Christianity that his father advocated. It was in 1840 that he passed his theological degree.

After breaking of his engagement to Regine Olsen in 1841, he devoted himself to his writing. Kierkegaard has attracted attention from philosophers and writers, from inside and outside of the post-modern tradition.

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