Fear and Trembling

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ISBN-10: 0140444491
ISBN-13: 9780140444490
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 01/07/1986
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.10" W, 0.50" H

Fear and Trembling

byVictor Eremita, Victor Eremita
Translator: Alastair Hannay
Introduction by: Alastair Hannay

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Overview

Writing under the pseudonym of “Johannes de slientio, ” Kierkegaard uses the form of a dialectical lyric to present his conception of faith. Abraham is portrayed as a great man, who chose to sacrifice his son, Isaac, in the face of conflicting expectations and in defiance of any conceivable ethical standard. The infamous and controversial ‘theological suspension of the ethical’ challenged the contemporary views of Hegel’s universal moral system, and the suffering individual must alone make a choice ‘on the strength of the absurd’.

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Details

ISBN-10: 0140444491
ISBN-13: 9780140444490
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 01/07/1986
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.10" W, 0.50" H
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