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"Faith and Resignation" (Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling")
Title: "Faith and Resignation" (Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling")
Category: Social Sciences / Philosophy
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"Faith and Resignation" (Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling")
Søren Kierkegaard earns the classification of an existentialist by rebelling against the common view of Hegel's universal moral system. Kierkegaard contends that one may not choose for an individual; they choose for themselves. Suspending the moral system, Kierkegaard reflects upon the force on a suffering individual to choose based on the depth of the absurd. Within Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard distinguishes between responses to afflicted situations: that of the knight of resignation and the …showed first 75 words of 708 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 708 total…can only act on the virtue of the absurd. The tragic hero maintains infinite resignation for their task, always acting for the good of the state.
Abraham is not a tragic hero, or knight of infinite resignation, but a knight of faith outside the realm of ethics. Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling addresses the paradoxical movement of faith. Søren Kierkegaard examines personal struggle and commitment to God, discovering these make man the greatest of all.
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