''For Self-Examination'' (subtitle: ''Recommended to the Present Age''; da, Til Selvprøvelse Samtiden anbefalet) is a work by Danish philosopher
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on ...
. It was published on September 20, 1851, as part of Kierkegaard's second authorship. The work has been called one of Kierkegaard's most accessible works, where he writes with "the metaphorical imagination of a poet, the thoughtfulness of a philosopher and theologian, the whimsy of the humourist, and the ardour of the lover and believer."
[''Essential Kierkegaard'', p. 393]
Notes
References
* Hong, Howard V. & Edna H. ''The Essential Kierkegaard''. Princeton University Press, 2000.
External links
Kierkegaard, D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on – ''For Self-Examination''
1851 books
Books by Søren Kierkegaard
Philosophical novels
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