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The temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome elucidated through Søren Kierkegaard's authorship and life
Author(s) -
Hansen H.,
Hansen L. Bork
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb05134.x
Subject(s) - temporal lobe , danish , epilepsy , psychoanalysis , portrait , psychology , philosophy , psychiatry , art history , history , linguistics
— In 1975 American scientists postulated the existence of the temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome. The authors of this paper demonstrate that the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in “The Book on Adler” 140 years ago has given an eminent phenomenological description of this syndrome. The authors at the same time state the hypothesis that Søren Kierkegaaard's description of Magister Adler actually might be a disguised self portrait.