Fear and Trembling: 6 key ideas
The core ideas of Fear and Trembling, each in under a minute, written in our own words. Want the full depth? Get the book.
- IDEA 1 OF 6
The leap of faith
Faith isn't a conclusion reason arrives at.
It's a commitment that goes beyond what reason can justify.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Abraham's anguish
Kierkegaard uses Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac to show how terrifying and paradoxical real faith is.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
The knight of faith
The person of faith may look completely ordinary from outside, a shopkeeper or clerk, while living an inner absolute commitment.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Infinite resignation
Letting go of what you love entirely, yet trusting you will receive it back, is the movement of faith.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Beyond the ethical
Faith may call for a relationship with the absolute that ethics cannot explain.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Anxiety comes with freedom
Choosing is frightening because the choice is truly yours.
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