Kierkegaard
A Beginner's Guide to the Core Ideas and Modern Relevance of Søren Kierkegaard, Including the Leap of Faith, Subjective Truth, and the Three Stages of ExistenceBy Alex Omberg
Length2h 30m
About this audiobook
This beginner's guide demystifies the complex and deeply personal philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, the "father of existentialism." The book unravels his core concepts, including the famous "Three Stages of Existence" (Aesthetic, Ethical, Religious), the radical "Leap of Faith," and the provocative idea that "subjectivity is truth." It explores his profound psychological insights into anxiety and despair, not as pathologies, but as crucial catalysts for self-becoming.
The guide also explains Kierkegaard's unique literary method of indirect communication through pseudonyms. By placing his ideas within the context of his own passionate and often tormented life, this book offers a clear and accessible pathway for anyone grappling with questions of faith, freedom, and the difficult but necessary journey toward an authentic existence.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenrePhilosophy, Biography and Memoir
Length2 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 26, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
108. Subjective Truth: Passionate Inwardness and Personal Appropriation
2Preface
119. The Sickness Unto Death: Despair as the Human Condition
31. Introduction: The Lonely Genius of Copenhagen
1210. Repetition and Recollection: Time and Authentic Existence
42. Against the System: Why Kierkegaard Rejected Hegel
1311. The Individual Against the Crowd
53. The Aesthetic Stage: Life as Pleasure and Possibility
1412. Kierkegaard's Literary Method: Truth Through Pseudonyms
Show all chaptersShow less
64. The Ethical Stage: Duty, Marriage, and Universal Values
1513. The Father of Existentialism: Influence on Modern Thought
75. The Religious Stage: Beyond Ethics to Faith
1614. Kierkegaard and Modern Psychology: Anxiety, Depression, and Authentic Living
86. The Leap of Faith: Beyond Reason into Paradox
1715. Living Kierkegaardian: Faith and Authenticity in the Modern World
97. Anxiety, Despair, and the Becoming of the Self
18Conclusion: The Courage of Inwardness
Series
Pensar como um FilósofoAlex Omberg3h 35m$9.99 · $0.00
Pensar como un filósofoAlex Omberg3h 46m$9.99 · $0.00
What Is Consciousness?Alex Omberg3h 36m$9.99 · $0.00
Free Will and DeterminismAlex Omberg3h 53m$9.99 · $0.00
MetaphysicsAlex Omberg3h 44m$9.99 · $0.00
Philosophy of ScienceAlex Omberg4h 32m$9.99 · $0.00
Marcus AureliusAlex Omberg3h 20m$9.99 · $0.00
LogicAlex Omberg3h 37m$9.99 · $0.00
The First QuestionAlex Omberg3h 31m$9.99 · $0.00
Philosophy of ReligionAlex Omberg3h 12m$9.99 · $0.00
William FaulknerAlex Omberg55m5 (1) Only with Ultra
Mary ShelleyAlex Omberg1h 9m5 (1) Only with Ultra
Gustave FlaubertAlex Omberg1h 9m5 (1) Only with Ultra
Victor HugoAlex Omberg1h 2m5 (1) Only with Ultra
F. Scott FitzgeraldAlex Omberg57m5 (1) Only with Ultra
Herman MelvilleAlex Omberg1h 43m5 (1) Only with Ultra
John SteinbeckAlex Omberg1h 10m5 (1) Only with Ultra
Toni MorrisonAlex Omberg57m5 (2) Only with Ultra
EstoicismoAlex Omberg2h 49m Only with Ultra
EstoicismoAlex Omberg2h 49m5 (1) Only with Ultra
The Tao of Joy Every DayDerek Lin10h 24m$20 · $0.00
Old Path White CloudsThich Nhat Hanh16h 39m$25
Plato: Complete WorksPlato141h 44m$2 · $0.00
WitnessAriel Burger8h 1m$20 · $0.00
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus GarveyMarcus Mosiah Garvey3h 1m$2 · $0.00
Feeling Is The SecretNeville Goddard44m$2 · $0.00
The Way to a Beautiful WorldJames Norbury44m$9 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche92h$2 · $0.00
The Practicing StoicWard Farnsworth9h 56m$20
Moral Letters to LuciliusLucius Annaeus Seneca25h 38m$2 · $0.00
Tâo Teh KingLaozi2h 38m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Essays of MontaigneMichel de Montaigne45h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Origin of OthersToni Morrison2h 25m$20
The LawFrédéric Bastiat2h 7m$10
IlluminationsWalter Benjamin10h 12m$20 · $0.00
Buddhist Boot CampTimber Hawkeye2h 39m$18 · $0.00
The DhammapadaFriedrich Max Müller1h 30m$15
Change Your MindRJ Spina7h 5m$17
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius AntoninusEmperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius6h 17m$2 · $0.00
Tao Te ChingLao Tzu1h 25m$2 · $0.00
Why Not Me? A Feeling of Millions (Hinglish)Unknown Author4h 8m$20 · $0.00
Matters of the HeartJacinta Nampijinpa Price9h 35m$29 · $0.00
How to Test Negative for StupidJohn Kennedy8h 13m$28 · $0.00
Defying JihadEsther Ahmad8h 50m$20
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m$24 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass42h 36m$1 · $0.00
Send MeMarty Skovlund, Joe Kent8h 10m$26 · $0.00
Ulysses S. Grant: Life of the Fearless General & Commander-in-Chief (Complete Edition - Volumes 1&2)Ulysses S. Grant30h 34m$2 · $0.00
Left for DeadEbony Canion5h 34m$17
Invisible StormJason Kander6h 48m$24 · $0.00
Forever BoyKate Swenson9h 27m$29 · $0.00
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m$29 · $0.00
A Bridge Not Too FarDeepak Ohri4h 55m$15
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m$24 · $0.00
You may also like
Christian LifeSteven A. Hein7h 7m$20 · $0.00
Maxims and counsels of St. Francis de Sales for every day of the yearSaint de Sales Francis2h 19m$2 · $0.00
Tears to TriumphMarianne Williamson6h 43m$24 · $0.00
The Pauline LettersMade for Success5h 58m$18
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola3h 20m$2 · $0.00
Sermons on Biblical CharactersClovis Gillham Chappell5h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Power of SilenceRobert Cardinal Sarah10h 4m$20
St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans (Vol. 1&2)Charles Gore12h 29m$2 · $0.00
Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal SalvationJohn Bovee Dods6h 33m$2 · $0.00
Human Nature in Its Fourfold StateThomas Boston19h 55m$23
Be Still and Put Your PJs OnBroadStreet Publishing Group LLC3h 10m$10 · $0.00
Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent StreetJames Galloway Cowan3h 59m$2 · $0.00
The Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetus3h 8m$3 · $0.00
The Courage to Be (Summarized Edition)Paul Tillich2h 29m$2
Eternal Life: A New VisionJohn Shelby Spong7h 47m$26 · $0.00
A Call to the UnconvertedRichard Baxter5h 32m$17
Not God EnoughJ. D. Greear6h 38m$17 · $0.00
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the EncheiridionEpictetus5h 14m$1 · $0.00
Idols of the Heart, Revised and UpdatedElyse M. Fitzpatrick7h 27m$20
Where Is God in All of This?Jeff Brown3h 47m$20