As a result of his rebellion against the Hegelian dialectic and a painful autobiographical experience, his unfortunate love for Regina Olsen, Fear and Tremor is probably the most significant work by Søren Kierkegaard. Years after its publication, the Danish philosopher noted in his Diary: «When I am dead, my book Fear and Tremor will suffice to become an immortal writer. It will be read, translated into other languages, and the dreadful pathos contained in this work will shake. At the time when it was written, when its author was hiding behind the appearance of a flâneur, nobody could suspect the seriousness of that book. But once dead, I will become an unreal figure, a shadowy figure ... and the book will be terrifying. "
