title: The temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome elucidated through Søren Kierkegaard's authorship and life.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D010684:Philosophy