Adolph Peter Adler

Adolph Peter Adler (29 August 1812 – 5 October 1869), was a Danish theologian, writer and a pastor in Hasle and Rutsker, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark.

[4][5][6] He began his studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1831 and a year later begin work on his major, theology.

Upon his return he became inspired by Hans Lassen Martensen's (1808–84) lectures on Hegelianism, along with many of his fellow University of Copenhagen, theological students.

[3] Adler became an avid and prominent representative of the young Danish Hegelians and took a pastorate in 1841.

In this vision, Jesus commanded him to burn his former books and stated that he would dictate to him a new work.

And when the human being himself, when thought itself separates the spirit from the body and the spirit from the world, the human being must die and the world and the body must become evil.

[8]Bishop Jacob Peter Mynster suspended him in 1844 and Adler was then deposed in 1845.

Moreover, Kierkegaard met with Adler, who, while reading his own works to Kierkegaard, would alternate between a regular speaking voice and a shrill "whistling" voice, as if the latter were to convey weightier and more spiritual truths.