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Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 1843
Originally in
Originally in Danish
Pages
Pages 100

A philosopher circles the story of Abraham commanded to sacrifice his son, and argues that such faith is a leap reason cannot follow or excuse.

The knight of faith is the only happy one, the heir-apparent of finitude, while the knight of resignation is a stranger and a foreigner.
Fear and Trembling, Søren Kierkegaard

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