Sygdommen til Døden
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Sygdommen til Døden is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard that explores the concept of despair as a sickness of the self.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sygdommen til Døden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sygdommen til Døden Context triple: [The Sickness Unto Death, originalTitle, Sygdommen til Døden]
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A.
De mortalitate
De mortalitate is a Christian theological treatise by Cyprian of Carthage that reflects on death, suffering, and the hope of eternal life amid plague and persecution.
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B.
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Death is a symbolically rich painting by Evelyn De Morgan that personifies death as a serene, winged figure, blending Pre-Raphaelite detail with spiritual and allegorical themes.
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C.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
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D.
Die Kinder der Toten
Die Kinder der Toten is a sprawling, experimental horror-epic novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that confronts Austria’s repressed Nazi past through grotesque, postmodern storytelling.
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E.
The Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death is a 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting a pre-crucifixion vision of Christ, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and symbolic intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sygdommen til Døden Target entity description: Sygdommen til Døden is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard that explores the concept of despair as a sickness of the self.
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A.
De mortalitate
De mortalitate is a Christian theological treatise by Cyprian of Carthage that reflects on death, suffering, and the hope of eternal life amid plague and persecution.
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B.
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Death is a symbolically rich painting by Evelyn De Morgan that personifies death as a serene, winged figure, blending Pre-Raphaelite detail with spiritual and allegorical themes.
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C.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
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D.
Die Kinder der Toten
Die Kinder der Toten is a sprawling, experimental horror-epic novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that confronts Austria’s repressed Nazi past through grotesque, postmodern storytelling.
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E.
The Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death is a 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting a pre-crucifixion vision of Christ, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and symbolic intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian existentialist work
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
despair as misrelation in the self
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faith as cure for despair ⓘ self as a relation that relates itself to itself ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark ⓘ |
| discusses |
conscious and unconscious despair
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despair of defiance ⓘ despair of weakness ⓘ finite and infinite aspects of the self ⓘ temporal and eternal aspects of the self ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
despair as sickness of the self
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despair as sin ⓘ possibility of faith ⓘ relation between self and God ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Christian understanding of selfhood
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forms of despair ⓘ structure of the self ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian psychology
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religious philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Sickness Unto Death ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Part I
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Part II ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century existentialism
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philosophy of religion ⓘ theology of despair ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian anthropology
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despair ⓘ self ⓘ sin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of despair
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definition of the self ⓘ influence on existentialist theology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian philosophy
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existentialism ⓘ |
| pseudonymousAuthor | Anti-Climacus ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| publishedUnderPseudonym | Anti-Climacus ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Begrebet Angest
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Either/Or ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| setsInContext |
Lutheran Christianity
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linked to:
Lutheranism
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| titleTranslation | The Sickness Unto Death ⓘ |
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