Writing under the pseudonym of Johannes de silentio, 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 'teleological suspension of the ethical' c...
Writing under the pseudonym of Johannes de silentio, 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 'teleological 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.
Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling is a provocative study of the story of Abraham’s attempt to sacrifice Isaac. It highlights the most serious ethical-religious conflicts in human existence—what is condemned as murder in the ethical realm can be praised as...
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The Unspeakable Time of Fear and Trembling Thank God. I’m glad that I took a second read of this book. Reading Fear and Trembling is more than an intellectual activity. Kierkegaard requires the readers to empathise with him as he did with Abraham to embody...
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0 有用 wonsaponatime 2023-02-06 06:20:33 美国
on why language fails.
1 有用 Shany 2013-09-21 02:45:26
四星给Kierkegaard的prose和对于powerless的阐述。一星减分是因为即使我知道那是荒谬并且自己不可以尝试去理解,但是还是对于故事感到很不舒服
0 有用 Joanna Wan 2016-09-29 20:19:36
First time reading philosophy. Kierkegaard eloquently explained the paradox of faith. Worth reading and pondering.
0 有用 Reshaphim 2024-09-02 15:53:42 山东
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8 有用 Lichtung 2020-01-31 14:11:08
重读一遍,泪流满面。果然上学的时候啥都不懂。信仰不是爱,不是美,不是星辰大海。信仰是转身背向全世界,是弃绝尘世的一切,是遁入不可言说之深处。信仰什么都不是,正因为如此,它超越了人,超越了万物的尺度,从恐惧与战栗的肉体里纵身跃出,成为绝对虚无中,只有你看得见的光。