Fear and Trembling

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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 ...
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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'.

Kierkegaard's writings have inspired both modern Protestant theology and existentialism, and this edition of Fear and Trembling contains a full introduction and notes which complement a key work in the psychology of religious belief.

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This year's crop of Penguin "Great Ideas" volumes offers another eclectic dozen works that shaped society from the ancient Greeks to the 20th century. The books are fairly no frills, but the price isn't bad. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780143037576
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/30/2006
  • Series: Penguin Great Ideas Series
  • Pages: 160
  • Sales rank: 187,529
  • Product dimensions: 4.50 (w) x 7.12 (h) x 0.47 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Fear and Trembling
Preface Attunement Speech in Praise of Abraham
Problemata
Preamble from the Heart Problemata I Problemata II Problemata III Epilogue Notes

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  • Posted December 27, 2010

    this is a third of the book.

    what the ?. I wanted to read the whole thing. Why is there no warning?

    7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2009

    Don't buy this, or any editions through this publisher

    Just horrible. I bought these books for a philosophy class, and I thought "great . . . I can save a little money." Nope, the translations for these editions are awful. These editions, by this publisher, are littered with mistakes. At times a random numeral will be inside of a word, and then common words will be misspelled with such frequency that reading becomes a trial. Spend the extra few dollars and get a Hackett or another mainstream publisher's editions.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 7, 2012

    Do not buy!! NOT THE WHOLE BOOK!!!!!!!!

    I have the book in paperback and I can't even figure out where this one leaves off. Normally I would not complain about something I paid less than a dollar for but this is blatant misrepresentation. I really thought I was getting the whole book.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 4, 2012

    Mother of God, how awesome

    This is one of the most amazing and upsetting books ive ever read

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  • Posted March 3, 2009

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    Fear & Trembling takes any man's faith and puts it in a position to be knocked down in utter humlity. One from there can only purify one's mind to rebuild what one thought was faith, but has been brought down by one's folly. silly silly fool.

    kierkeegard takes the story of abraham and issac. referred to usually as the story of a father's love for him son through the circumstance that god requests of him. it is SO much more than this.
    the thoughts of isaac are traced through of how HE of all can be looked up to as the father of faith. it is so much more than him simply holding up his knife and taking it down the instant a ram appeared.
    thought by thought is traced. thought by thought is traced as pure, holy, unfailing, loving, and doubtless. can one truly in today's society go through a situation that requires the murder of a loved one with completely pure devoted thoughts to your god in heaven above?
    Kierkegaard organizes this in sections that differentiate glorious, and correlate wonderfully. by the end of the work, you understand so well that in faith there is so little to understand but total humility, purity, and surrender. and even i cannot define faith, because it has become the indefineable for me.

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