For various reasons, most related to teaching philosophy at St. John’s University, I have been thinking about what we refer to as classics in literature. One day in class last semester, a student ...

Known as the father of existentialism, Kierkegaard has planted the seeds that allowed existential philosophy to flourish and influence generations of great thinkers. Coming from a Christian ...

and existential angst just may have contributed to shaping some of the most original ideas ever produced. Soren Kierkegaard’s ...

A couple weeks ago, the world was swept by successive waves of absurdity and anxiety. The ripples began when the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, declared that President Donald Trump’s ...

Even though Kierkegaard treats despair as a spiritual and existential condition rather than just a psychological state, The Sickness Unto Death sparkles with psychological insight. Especially ...

Early in life, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was bestowed the nickname ... “the doctor of dread,” the father of existentialism, has emerged as a curious figure of consolation.