ABSTRACT
Although Kierkegaard does not often use the terms identity and difference by name, the related themes of unity/particularity and continuity/variation are found throughout his texts. Identity and difference are discussed most explicitly and extensively in Either/Or, published under the pseudonym Victor Eremita, and in Philosophical Fragments, published under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus. The same general themes can also be found in Repetition, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, and The Sickness unto Death. Identity and difference function existentially, religiously, and metaphysically. Each will be treated in turn.
