The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin

How does The Concept of Anxiety and its analysis of anxiety and personal choice compare to modern understandings of these concepts? In what ways, if any, is Kierkegaard’s analysis still relevant, or capable of adaptation?

Discussing his own approach to philosophy, Kierkegaard remarks that he “will bring [his] observations entirely fresh from the water, wriggling and sparkling in the play of their colors” (55). What does this passage suggest about Kierkegaard’s approach as a writer and thinker? How does it compare to some of the approaches of other major philosophers of his era?

Self-determination and personal freedom are very important concepts in the philosophies of Kierkegaard, Kant, and Hegel. Compare how Kierkegaard discusses individuality and freedom with either Kant or Hegel’s discussion of these topics. What are the similarities and differences between the two thinkers?