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Fear and Trembling

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Fear and Trembling (Danish: Frygt og Bæven) is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio (Latin for John of the Silence). The work is an extended meditation on Genesis 22, also known as the Binding of Isaac. Johannes de silentio examines the tension between ethical duty and faith through an analysis of Abraham's psychological state during his journey to Moriah. The text argues that it is impossible to understand Abraham's actions through ethical categories such as Sittlichkeit, or the universal, without introducing the category of faith.

Fear and Trembling - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1843 philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard For other uses, see Fear and Trembling (disambiguation) . {{cite book |last=Kierkegaard |first=Søren |author-link=Søren Kierkegaard |title=Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death |translator-last=Lowrie |translator-first=Walter |translator-link=Walter Lowrie |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |year=1941}}</ref>"},"preceded_by":{"wt":"[[Two Upbuilding Discourses, 1843 |Two Upbuilding Discourses]]"},"followed_by":{"wt":"[[Three Upbuil

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