Fear and Trembling
by Søren Kierkegaard
Abraham and Isaac read as the paradox of faith: the knight of infinite resignation versus the knight of faith, the teleological suspension of the ethical, and the terror of a command that cannot be explained. Difficult, essential and the founding text of existentialism.
Read it if…
you want to think seriously about faith as a leap.
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Skip it if…
you want comfort; Kierkegaard offers anxiety first.
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Three things you will actually use
- Faith begins where thinking leaves off.
- The knight of faith looks like a tax collector.
- Resignation is not faith.
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Read the 'Exordium' and 'Problema I'.
Our verdict
The founding text of existentialism.
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