Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Eric - GoodreadsThe connection to later existentialist thought (secular, not religious) is obvious. However, in this book Kierkegaard does not come across as a Christian, but someone in Angst over an OT story about ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Ronnie Cohen - Goodreads"Faith is therefore no ascetic emotion, but something far higher, exactly because it presupposes resignation; it is not the immediate inclination of the heart but the paradox of existence ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - psila - GoodreadsBesides the unnecessary digression at the beginning of Problema III, this is outstanding stuff--a mind-bending look, via Abraham's trial, into the excruciating paradox (and therefore the human unattainability) of true faith. Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Barak - GoodreadsA very difficult text by the somewhat mystical Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (who in this piece use the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio). From the little I did understand, in this piece SK ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Chase - GoodreadsI haven't read a lot of philosophy, so it took me a while to get caught up on the discussion. Kierkegaard constantly refers to Kant and sometimes agrees, sometimes refustes what he says. So to really ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Briana - GoodreadsI like confusing things. (Not that I like making things confused, but I like things that are confusing. Sorry.) This was fun. I'm still not entirely sure about what Kierkegaard is saying, but it was ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Stephen - GoodreadsREAD JAN 2003 Best quotes, "faith is convinced that God troubles himself about the smallest thing" (p. 64); "he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God reflects on God" (p. 66); "faith begins precisely where thinking leaves off" (p. 82). Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Jan-Maat - GoodreadsIt seems to me that after reading "Fear and Trembling" that all of my thinking on faith lies within Kierkegaard. Which isn't to claim that I understand his arguments but that his arguments have come ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Jeremy - GoodreadsKierkegaard's masterpiece is the most difficult thing I've ever read. For such a short book, just under 150 pages, it is psychically challenging and the last half of the book required more ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Fear and Trembling
Recensione dell'utente - Nemo - GoodreadsOver the Abyss This book reminded me of a close call I had many years ago. It was on a sunny Saturday. I was cruising on the highway, enjoying the scenery, music playing in the background, and a ... Leggi recensione completa
