So Google may have honored the works of a whimsical children’s book author and classic fiction, but that doesn’t mean its bookshelf is all color and stories. On May 5, 2013, Google posted a Doodle celebrating Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard’s 200th birthday.
Mr. Kierkegaard had a vast collection of work, but his overarching ideas argued the merits of individualism and finding truth in the way one lives ones’ life. He also focused on Ǵ ethics, and many consider him the father of existentialism. One of his seminal works was “Fear and Trembling” published under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio. The book is said to be a takedown of the Hegelian premise that the ethical is universal.
We'll leave Google's interpretation of Kierkegaard's works up to you.