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[German Version] I. Basics; History 1. Concept and history. Ever since the beginnings of philosophy – pioneered equally by both European antiquity and the civilizations of East Asia –, it was natural that there should be a philosophy of religion, even if not under that name. Styles of thought, conceptions of wisdom, prudential theories, and scientific attitudes could …

[German Version] I. Life – II. Work – III. Influence (May 5, 1813, Copenhagen – Nov 11, 1855, Copenhagen) I. Life Danish theologian, philosopher, and writer. Kierkegaard was the youngest of seven siblings. His mother, Ane Sörensdatter Lund (1768–1834), had been employed as a maid in the house of his father Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard (1756–1838) after the death of his first wife (1796). As a businessman, the father – an orthodox P…

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[German Version] I. Religious Studies Semiotics, a discipline inaugurated primarily by C.S. Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure (see II and IV below), is the systematic analysis of signs (Gk σημεῖον/ sēmeíon) an…