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Søren Kierkegaard

6 key ideas, each explained in our own words.

Fear and Trembling

  1. IDEA 1

    The leap of faith

    Faith isn't a conclusion reason arrives at. It's a commitment that goes beyond what reason can justify.

  2. IDEA 2

    Abraham's anguish

    Kierkegaard uses Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac to show how terrifying and paradoxical real faith is.

  3. IDEA 3

    The knight of faith

    The person of faith may look completely ordinary from outside, a shopkeeper or clerk, while living an inner absolute commitment.

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