Fear and Trembling
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4.4 • 29 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psychology. He is regarded as a leading pioneer of existentialism and one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century. In FEAR AND TREMBLING, Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety that must have been present in Abraham when God commanded him to offer his son as a human sacrifice. Abraham had a choice to complete the task or to forget it. He resigned himself to the loss of his son, acting according to his faith. In other words, one must be willing to give up all his or her earthly possessions in infinite resignation and must also be willing to give up whatever it is that he or she loves more than God. Abraham had passed the test--his love for God proved greater than anything else in him. And because a good and just Creator would not want a father to kill his son, God intervened at the last moment to prevent the sacrifice.
Customer Reviews
Faith Is Not Cheap
Our churches have cheapened faith. The mockers have ridiculed faith and made others embarrassed to associate oneself with it.
And Kiergard has opened my eyes and now I see Faith is a very romantic and passionate ideal to reach, if possible. I It is my turn, though I am still at only the threshold of faith, ( but yet I acknowledge this and do not confuse the threshold with the divine union- unlike everyone else) to mock and laugh at the scoffers.
Riddled with typos and grammatical errors
Riddled with typos and grammatical errors. Sometimes seriously disrupting one’s ability to read the text, especially when Kierkegaard already writes so inscrutably
Cheap, but riddled with strange typos
It’s like whoever transcribed this ebook had a sticky f key on their keyboard. It’s definitely readable though.