Danish Abbreviations
| ASKB | Auktionsprotokol over Søren Kierkegaards Bogsamling [The Auctioneer’s Sales Record of the Library of Søren Kierkegaard], ed. by H.P. Rohde, Copenhagen: The Royal Library 1967. |
| B&A | Breve og Aktstykker vedrørende Søren Kierkegaard, ed. by Niels Thulstrup, vols. 1–2, Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1953-54. |
| Pap. | Søren Kierkegaards Papirer, vols. I to XI–3, ed. by Peter Andreas Heiberg, Victor Kuhr and Einer Torsting, Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag 1909–48; second, expanded ed., vols. I to XI–3, by Niels Thulstrup, vols. XII to XIII supplementary volumes, ed. by Niels Thulstrup, vols. XIV to XVI index by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Copenhagen: Gyldendal 1968–78. |
| SKS | Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, vols. 1–28, K1–K28, ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Joakim Garff, Jette Knudsen, Johnny Kondrup, Alastair McKinnon and Finn Hauberg Mortensen, Copenhagen: Gads Forlag 1997ff. |
English Abbreviations
| AN | Armed Neutrality, KW XXII. | |
| AR | On Authority and Revelation, The Book on Adler, trans. by Walter Lowrie. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1955. | |
| BA | The Book on Adler, KW XXIV. | |
| C | The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress, KW XVII. | |
| CA | The Concept of Anxiety, trans. by Reidar Thomte in collaboration with Albert B. Anderson, KW VIII. | |
| CD | Christian Discourses, KW XVII. | |
| CI | The Concept of Irony, KW II. | |
| CIC | The Concept of Irony, trans. with an Introduction and Notes by Lee M. Capel, | London: Collins 1966. |
| COR | The Corsair Affair; Articles Related to the Writings, KW XIII. | |
| CUP1 | Concluding Unscientific Postscript, KW XII,1. | |
| CUP2 | Concluding Unscientific Postscript, KW XII,2. | |
| CUPH | Concluding Unscientific Postscript, trans. by Alastair Hannay, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 2009 (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy). | |
| EO1 | Either/Or, Part I, KW III. | |
| Either/Or, Part II, KW IV. | ||
| EOP | Either/Or, trans. by Alastair Hannay, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1992. | |
| EPW | Early Polemical Writings: From the Papers of One Still Living; Articles from Student Days; The Battle Between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars, trans. by Julia Watkin, KW I. | |
| EUD | Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, KW V. | |
| FSE | For Self-Examination, KW XXI. | |
| FT | Fear and Trembling, KW VI. | |
| FTP | Fear and Trembling, trans. with an introduction by Alastair Hannay, London and New York: Penguin Books 1985. | |
| JC | Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est, KW VII. | |
| JFY | Judge for Yourselves, KW XXI. | |
| JP | Søren Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers, ed. and trans. by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong, assisted by Gregor Malantschuk, vol. 1–6, vol. 7 Index and Composite Collation, Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press 1967–78. | |
| KAC | Kierkegaard’s Attack upon “Christendom,” 1854–1855, trans. by Walter Lowrie, Princeton: Princeton University Press 1944. | |
| KJN | Kierkegaard’s Journals and Notebooks, vols. 1–11, ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Alastair Hannay, David Kangas, Bruce H. Kirmmse, George Pattison, Vanessa Rumble, and K. Brian Söderquist, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press 2007ff. | |
| KW | Kierkegaard’s Writings, trans. by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong, vols. I–XXVI, Princeton: Princeton University Press 1978–98. | |
| LD | Letters and Documents, trans. by Hendrik Rosenmeier, KW XXV. | |
| LR | A Literary Review, trans. by Alastair Hannay, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 2001. | |
| M | The Moment and Late Writings, trans. by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong, | Princeton: Princeton University Press 1998. |
| P | Prefaces / Writing Sampler, trans. by Todd W. Nichol, KW IX. | |
| PC | Practice in Christianity, KW XX. | |
| PF | Philosophical Fragments, KW VII. | |
| PLR | Prefaces: Light Reading for Certain Classes as the Occasion May Require, trans. by William McDonald, Tallahassee: Florida State University Press 1989. | |
| PLS | Concluding Unscientific Postscript, trans. by David F. Swenson and Walter Lowrie, Princeton: Princeton University Press 1941. | |
| PV | The Point of View including On My Work as an Author, The Point of View for My Work as an Author, and Armed Neutrality, KW XXII. | |
| PVL | The Point of View for My Work as an Author including On My Work as an Author, trans. by Walter Lowrie, New York and London: Oxford University Press 1939. | |
| Repetition, KW VI. | ||
| SBL | Notes of Schelling’s Berlin Lectures, KW II. | |
| SLW | Stages on Life’s Way, KW XI. | |
| SUD | The Sickness unto Death, KW XIX. | |
| SUDP | The Sickness unto Death, trans. with an introduction and notes by Alastair Hannay, London and New York: Penguin Books 1989. | |
| TA | Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age. A Literary Review, KW XIV. | |
| TD | Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, KW X. | |
| UD | Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, KW XV. | |
| WA | Without Authority including The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air, Two Ethical-Religious Essays, Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, An Upbuilding Discourse, Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, KW XVIII. | |
| WL | Works of Love, KW XVI. | |
| WS | Writing Sampler, trans. by Todd W. Nichol, Princeton: Princeton University Press 1997. |
French Abbreviations
| A1 | L’Alternative I, tome III. |
| A2 | L’Alternative II, tome IV. |
| CA | Le Concept d’angoisse. Préfaces, tome VII. |
| CC | La Crise et une crise dans la vie d’une actrice, tome XV. |
| CDD | Cela doit être dit, Que cela soit donc dit, tome XIX. |
| CI | Le Concept d’ironie constamment rapporté à Socrates, tome II. |
| CJC | Comment Christ juge le christianisme officiel, tome XIX. |
| CR | Un compte rendu littéraire, tome VIII. |
| CT | Crainte et tremblement, tome V. |
| DC | Discours Chrétiens, tome XV. |
| DCV | Deux discours pour la communion du vendredi, tome XVIII. |
| DDE | Dix-huit discours édifiants, tome VI. |
| EC | L’École du christianisme, tome XVII. |
| EDD | Discours édifiants à divers points de vue, tome XIII. |
| I | L’Instant, tome XIX. |
| JC | Johannes Climacus ou De omnibus dubitandum est, tome II. |
| LA | Le Livre sur Adler, tome XII. |
| MM | La maladie á la mort, tome XVI. |
| MP | Miettes Philosophiques, tome VII. |
| Oeuvres Complètes, tomes I–XX, edités et traduits par Paul-Henri Tisseau et Else-Marie Jacquet-Tisseau, Paris: Éditions de l’Orante 1966–87. | |
| OA | Les Oeuvres de l’amour, tome XIV. |
| PEC | Pour un examen de conscience, tome XVIII. |
| PS | Post-scriptum définitif et non scientifique aux miettes philosophiques, tomes X–XI. |
| PVO | Point de vue explicatif de mon oeuvre d’écrivain, tome XVI. |
| QA | Quatre articles, tome I. |
| R | La Répétition, tome V. |
| S | Stades sur le chemin de la vie, tome IX. |
| TD | Trois discours sur des circonstances supposées, tome VIII. |
| V | Vingt et un articles de Faedrelandet, tome XIX. |