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The Sickness Unto Death

book by Søren Kierkegaard
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The Sickness Unto Death
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Summary

The Sickness Unto Death is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,879 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Søren Kierkegaard[3]
  • Genre: philosophy[4]
  • Follows: Christian Discourses[5]
  • Followed by: Practice in Christianity[6]
  • Language of work or name: Danish[7]
  • Country of origin: Denmark[8]
  • Publication date: 1849[9]
  • Has edition or translation: The Sickness Unto Death[10], Q138662643[11]
  • Main subject: philosophy[12]
  • Work available at URL: https://tekster.kb.dk./text/sks-sd-txt-root[13]
  • Title: Sygdommen til Døden[14], The Sickness Unto Death[15]
  • Copyright status: public domain[16]

Why It Matters

The Sickness Unto Death has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Denmark philosophy public domain Søren Kierkegaard

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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