Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling

Edited by C. Stephen Evans - Sylvia Walsh

Edited by C. Stephen Evans, Sylvia Walsh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 20 July 2006

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ISBN: 0521612691 ISBN 13: 9780521612692

Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling

A new English translation of one of the most important and influential of Kierkegaard's works. Top page

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In this rich and resonant work, Soren Kierkegaard reflects poetically and philosophically on the biblical story of God's command to Abraham, that he sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith. Was Abraham's proposed action morally and religiously justified or murder? Is there an absolute duty to God? Was Abraham justified in remaining silent? In pondering these questions, Kierkegaard presents faith as a paradox that cannot be understood by reason and conventional morality, and he challenges the universalist ethics and immanental philosophy of modern German idealism, especially as represented by Kant and Hegel. This volume presents the first new English translation for twenty years, by Sylvia Walsh, together with an introduction by C. Stephen Evans which examines the ethical and religious issues raised by the text. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Cambridge University Press

City: Cambridge

Pages: 190

More info: height 228 mm width 152 mm weight 268 gr thickness 10 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 198.9 Library of Congress Subject: Christianity - Philosophy

Departments: Philosophy of religion;

Record updated at: 24 May, 2013 time: 18:36

Summary Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling Epigraph; Preface; Tuning up; A tribute to Abraham; Problems; Introduction; Problem 1; Problem 2; Problem 3; Epilogue. Top page

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