For Self-Examination (subtitle: Recommended to the Present Age; Danish: Til Selvprøvelse Samtiden anbefalet) is a work by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. 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."[1] > Preface \- My dear reader, read aloud, if possible! If you do so, allow me to thank you for it; if you not only do it yourself, if you also influence others to do it, allow me to thank each one of them, and you again and again! By reading aloud you will gain the strongest impression that you have only yourself to consider, not me, who, after all, am "without authority",[2] nor others, which would be a distraction. > — Søren Kierkegaard, For Self-Examination, in: The Essential Kierkegaard, 2000, p. 393 ## Notes[edit] 1. ^ Essential Kierkegaard, p. 393 2. ^ Refer to Kierkegaard's Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, 1843-1844 and On the Differences between a Genius and an Apostle: Genius, unlike apostles, are not endowed with "authority from God". ## References[edit] * Hong, Howard V. & Edna H. The Essential Kierkegaard. Princeton University Press, 2000. ## External links[edit] * Kierkegaard, D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on – For Self-Examination * v * t * e Søren Kierkegaard 1841–1846| * On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates * Either/Or * De omnibus dubitandum est: Everything Must Be Doubted * Two Upbuilding Discourses, 1843 * Repetition * Three Upbuilding Discourses, 1843 * Fear and Trembling * Four Upbuilding Discourses, 1843 * Sermon Preached at Trinity Church, 1844 * Two Upbuilding Discourses, 1844 * Three Upbuilding Discourses, 1844 * Philosophical Fragments * Prefaces * The Concept of Anxiety * Four Upbuilding Discourses, 1844 * Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses * Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions * Stages on Life's Way * Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments * Two Ages: A Literary Review 1847–1854| * Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits * Works of Love * Christian Discourses * The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress * The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air * Two Minor Ethical-Religious Essays * The Sickness unto Death * Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays * Practice in Christianity * An Upbuilding Discourse * Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays * The Book on Adler * For Self-Examination * Attack Upon Christendom Posthumous| * The Point of View of My Work as an Author * Judge for Yourselves! * The Journals * Writing Sampler Ideas| * Philosophy * Theology * Angst * Anguish * Authenticity * Double-mindedness * Indirect communication * Infinite qualitative distinction * Knight of faith * Leap of faith * Levelling * Present age * Ressentiment * Rotation method * Thorn in the flesh * Despair People| * Regine Olsen * Peter Kierkegaard * Hans Lassen Martensen * Jacob Peter Mynster * J. L. Heiberg * Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd * Adolph Peter Adler Related topics| * Works about Kierkegaard * Influence and reception of Søren Kierkegaard * Danish Golden Age * Søren Kierkegaard Research Center * Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library * Prayers of Kierkegaard * Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook * Rosenborggade 7–9 * Statue of Søren Kierkegaard This article about a philosophical novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. | * v * t * e This article about an 1850s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. | * v * t * e *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template