Garff dissects the philosopher's physical and mental ailments, including his melancholia and graphomania, and considers various diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder and temporal lobe epilepsy. Garff仔细研究了克尔凯戈尔身体和精神上的疾病，包括他的精神抑郁症和书写狂，并对诸如躁郁症和颞叶癫痫等不同诊断进行了考察。
