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Fear and Trembling (original Danish title: 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 title is a reference to a line from Philippians 2:12, which says to “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”
In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety that must have been present in Abraham when God commanded him to offer his son as a human sacrifice. Abraham had a choice to complete the task or to forget it.
172 quotes from Fear and Trembling: ‘If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.’
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Fear and Trembling. Soren Kierkegaard. Penguin Publishing Group, Aug 29, 1985 - Philosophy - 158 pages. The infamous and controversial work that made a lasting impression on both modern...
Fear and Trembling. Soren Kierkegaard. Penguin Publishing Group, Jan 7, 1986 - Religion - 160 pages.
In Fear and Trembling, he is concerned with the interaction of the single individual vis-à-vis the ethical and the religious. Concerning the ethical, Abraham's duty to Isaac is fatherly love.
Fear and Trembling is one of his earlier works, published in 1843, on the same day as another of his books, Repetition. He became increasingly frustrated with the hypocrisy of the Danish church, and his feud with the clergy exploded into an open, and very cutting, exchange of pamphlets and editorials.
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