Fear and Trembling

Soren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay, Johannes de Silentio

Writing under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio, Kierkegaard used the form of a diabolical lyric to present his conception of faith. Abraham is portrayed as a great man, who chose the sacrifice his own son, Isaac, in the face if conflicting expectations and in defiance of any conceivable ethical standard. The infamous and controversial teleological suspension of the ethical challenge contemporary views of Hegel\’s universal moral system and the suffering individual must alone make a choice on then strength of the absurd.

status	Copy #1 (2628): in
genre	Philosophy » General Philosophy
publisher	Penguin Classics
publish date	January 7, 1986
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