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Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling

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  • Author：Søren Kierkegaard
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Writing under the pseudonym of Johannes de silentio， Kierkegaard uses the form of a dialectical lyric to present his conception of faith。 Abraham is portrayed as a great man， who chose to sacrifice his son， Isaac， in the face of conflicting expectations and in defiance of any conceivable ethical standard。 The infamous and controversial 'teleological suspension of the ethical' challenged the contemporary views of Hegel's universal moral system， and the suffering individual must alone make a choice 'on the strength of the absurd'。 Kierkegaard's writings have inspired both modern Protestant theology and existentialism。

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امین باورصاد ，

«آن اندوه بی‌پایان که زمان هرگز قادر به تسکینش نیست، که هرگز قادر به شفایش نیست این است که بدانیم راهِ نجاتی نیست حتی اگر زندگی سرشار از مرحمت باشد。»。。。«یک شیطان می‌داند چگونه با عذاب‌هایی که می‌دهد نیروها را حتی در ضعیف‌ترین افراد برانگیزد و به‌شیوه‌ی خود می‌تواند بهترین نیات را نسبت به موجودی انسانی داشته باشد。»

Ladan ，

با اینکه نصف کمترش رو فهمیدم و قانع هم نشدم، اما جالب بود。

e。a。 wixtrom ，

i could not read this in its entirety， therefore no star rating。 i did quite enjoy what i have read though

Charles ，

Too subtle and confusing for me

Nabokov Nabokov ，

chiến thần Sò vẫn tồn tại được đến giờ， trong khi đại đế Hegel đã chỉ còn lại trong hư vô。

Nathan Nicolau ，

Had he not died young， Kierkegaard could have formed his own branch of philosophy aside from existentialism。 It's sad that many philosophers had to pick up his pieces。 Had he not died young， Kierkegaard could have formed his own branch of philosophy aside from existentialism。 It's sad that many philosophers had to pick up his pieces。 。。。more

Bright Ocean ，

chống Hegel nhưng vẫn bị ảnh hưởng mạnh mẽ bởi những cái "nhị phân" （đọc không sai đâu， nhị phân） cá biệt - phổ quát。 Một ông triết gia của phi lý。 Luôn bám vào một thứ từ thời Hegel: ngôn ngữ nói ra thì sẽ thành một cái phổ quát， nói ra là để cá biệt hoà vào cái phổ biến。 Abraham luôn cố gắng tránh để cắt nghĩa bản thân bằng ngôn ngữ， vì không ai có thể hiểu được， bằng luân lý - một thứ phổ biến， mối quan hệ của Abraham với Thiên Chúa chỉ là mối quan hệ của cá nhân ông thôi。 Sự không nói có tín chống Hegel nhưng vẫn bị ảnh hưởng mạnh mẽ bởi những cái "nhị phân" （đọc không sai đâu， nhị phân） cá biệt - phổ quát。 Một ông triết gia của phi lý。 Luôn bám vào một thứ từ thời Hegel: ngôn ngữ nói ra thì sẽ thành một cái phổ quát， nói ra là để cá biệt hoà vào cái phổ biến。 Abraham luôn cố gắng tránh để cắt nghĩa bản thân bằng ngôn ngữ， vì không ai có thể hiểu được， bằng luân lý - một thứ phổ biến， mối quan hệ của Abraham với Thiên Chúa chỉ là mối quan hệ của cá nhân ông thôi。 Sự không nói có tính cách mỹ học - một luận cứ thật bất ngờ。 Abraham không phải một anh hùng bi kịch， thay vì cái cá biệt đứng dưới cái phổ biến， thì Abraham， một cái cá biệt， chỉ đứng trong sự đối mặt với cái cá biệt khác trên cái phổ biến， một cái tuyệt đối - Thiên Chúa， hoặc không thì Abraham là kẻ sát nhân。 。。。more

OMAR ，

كان على المترجم أن يعكس النص الاصلي بصورة أكثر وضوحًا

D ，

من اللطيف قراءته أيام عيد الأضحي لمن يحب القراءة في الأعياد。。لمزيد تأمل وتبصر لإيمان إبراهيم عليه السلام وتسليمه المطلق。。 أما من أراد فهم فلسفة كيركجارد فلايكفيه هذا الكتاب وحده。。 أسلوب كيركجارد رشيق وممتع لكن الترجمة دون المستوى。。

Gabby ，

"He who loved himself became great in himself， and he who loved others became great through his devotion， but he who loved God became greater than all。"A marvel of a book。 "He who loved himself became great in himself， and he who loved others became great through his devotion， but he who loved God became greater than all。"A marvel of a book。 。。。more

Leo Chaparro ，

Libro que se aprecia claramente las bases del posterior existencialismo y filosofía del absurdo。 El estilo tiene una poesía y una brillantez peculiar。 Kierkegaard es un grandísimo escritor y tiene unas reflexiones de lo más originales aún más en su contexto。Recomendaría ciertas nociones básicas sobre el cristianismo para adentrarse。 Un autor que plasma el drama de la fe y la vida。Tener un conocimiento de la vida del autor resulta de gran ayuda y enriquece su lectura en gran cantidad

HaifaAhrari ，

من با آنچه که در جهان به مثابه کردارهای سترگ و والا ستایش می‌ شود بیگانه نیستم。 روح من به سوی آن‌ها پر می‌کشد و با کمال خضوع اطمینان دارد که آن قهرمان به ‌خاطر من نیز جنگیده است و همان‌گاه که به کردار او می‌اندیشم به خود نهیب می‌زنم: اکنون نوبت توست 。。。

Olivia ，

Just as dense as I expected， but with lots of little jewels of irony and apologetic reasoning， which I likely won't soon forget。 Just as dense as I expected， but with lots of little jewels of irony and apologetic reasoning， which I likely won't soon forget。 。。。more

Mehar G ，

While reading Kierkegaard， I was reminded of Louise Gluck's poetry。 Both of them are patrons of absurdity and faith， that which cannot be explained。Maybe one of the more useful tomes on anxiety。 I won't pretend to have understood everything here， but what reached me， I will carry with me for time to come。 While reading Kierkegaard， I was reminded of Louise Gluck's poetry。 Both of them are patrons of absurdity and faith， that which cannot be explained。Maybe one of the more useful tomes on anxiety。 I won't pretend to have understood everything here， but what reached me， I will carry with me for time to come。 。。。more

Mazen Yehia ，

تعرفت علي كاتب الكتاب في إشارة له في فيلم Another Round الدينماركي و هو يحكي عن قصة 4 أصدقاء يمرون بأزمة منتصف العمر و محاولة لهم في إضافة معني لحياتهم أو للباقي منها。 الكتاب يتكون غالبا من 3 فصول و هو عن أخلاقة الفعل الي ذي قام به إبراهيم عند شرع بذبح ابنه إسحق - في الإسلام كان إسماعيل و ليس إسحق و لكن اليهودية و المسيحية تذكر أنه إسحق و أعتقد إن أسحق الأقرب للصواب -، و هل يمكن الدفاع عن أخلاقيته أو في تبنيه فعل الإيمان المطلق في الإتيان بذبح أبنه。 الكتاب عن عبارة عن نص فلسفي و ليس كتاب فلسفة و تعرفت علي كاتب الكتاب في إشارة له في فيلم Another Round الدينماركي و هو يحكي عن قصة 4 أصدقاء يمرون بأزمة منتصف العمر و محاولة لهم في إضافة معني لحياتهم أو للباقي منها。 الكتاب يتكون غالبا من 3 فصول و هو عن أخلاقة الفعل الي ذي قام به إبراهيم عند شرع بذبح ابنه إسحق - في الإسلام كان إسماعيل و ليس إسحق و لكن اليهودية و المسيحية تذكر أنه إسحق و أعتقد إن أسحق الأقرب للصواب -، و هل يمكن الدفاع عن أخلاقيته أو في تبنيه فعل الإيمان المطلق في الإتيان بذبح أبنه。 الكتاب عن عبارة عن نص فلسفي و ليس كتاب فلسفة و أعتقد أن الترجمة كانت متوسطة و أخفت روعة النص للأسف。 。。。more

Kenji ，

And imaginative and philosophical meditation on Abraham sacrifice of Isaac and the nature of faith。 He especially focuses on Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son and its relation to morality。Kierkegaard definitely gave me a lot to thinkin about: "infinite resignation" leading to the "virtue of the absurd"， both of which are prerequisites to the "paradox of faith" through which all may be gained。 I'll confess， though， I had a lot of trouble understanding the latter part of the book。 And imaginative and philosophical meditation on Abraham sacrifice of Isaac and the nature of faith。 He especially focuses on Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son and its relation to morality。Kierkegaard definitely gave me a lot to thinkin about: "infinite resignation" leading to the "virtue of the absurd"， both of which are prerequisites to the "paradox of faith" through which all may be gained。 I'll confess， though， I had a lot of trouble understanding the latter part of the book。 。。。more

Fergus ，

When this infinitely persecuted and much-berated ironic Saint of a man could no longer function - and collapsed in a heap - no one of importance noticed。Nobody， that is， except his vast legions of admiring fans， who swept into the streets （stalling traffic） - filling his funerary parish to the rafters！And they， in no uncertain terms， viciously denounced the heretical State Religion of Denmark， comfortably enfolded in its comfortable pews to the sound of comforting sermonizing。Existentialism had When this infinitely persecuted and much-berated ironic Saint of a man could no longer function - and collapsed in a heap - no one of importance noticed。Nobody， that is， except his vast legions of admiring fans， who swept into the streets （stalling traffic） - filling his funerary parish to the rafters！And they， in no uncertain terms， viciously denounced the heretical State Religion of Denmark， comfortably enfolded in its comfortable pews to the sound of comforting sermonizing。Existentialism had just been born。 And along with it a new “Philosophy of NO。”Fear and Trembling。 Hearing those fatal words pronounced nowadays immediately conjures up Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for us soul-seared postmoderns。 We've seen it all and done it all， you see。 We’re spoiled rotten by our media。 So nothing has changed since the time of the Danish state church。But， believe me， those very words can kill。Especially to the Edwardians who chanced upon Kierkegaard back in the old days。 For in those days （even before Walter Lowry started translating K） the words conjured up the loud abjuration "work out your salvation with Fear and Trembling！”That is， if we insatiable consumers ever got to the point where our life is no longer a matter for polite， double-edged chuckles。 And it's not， you know。Guess what？ It's REAL and it HURTS！You know， I'm the kinda guy who has amassed a vast assortment of glosses， summaries and guides to Kierkegaard。 He's that tough to read。 And this slim book， being short， might otherwise seem easy。 But it's not。For one thing， Kierkegaard - unlike so many wiseacres these days - doesn't skew his segues。 Nor does he， like them， cover his sins in bland sameness。 He always gets us to the same somewhat tediously recirculating point。 BUT the dull camouflage of his circling gets us there in new and startling ways， it we’re at all awake。Wanna wake up？By far the best "guide" to this book is another alluringly slim volume， Jacques Derrida's Literature in Secret。 You should get it， if you want to figure Kierkegaard out！Here's how Derrida makes Kierkegaard clear as MUD:He dwells， not on the conviction of his paradoxes - no。 For by extrapolating on and reworking the subtle areas of Fear and Trembling （at which point readers like me CRY OUT for a simple Crib Sheet） he takes our minds further and further out into the cold Arctic of a terra incognita。 With nary a comfort。NOW we're totally lost。And we’re ITCHING for a distraction。 A beer。 Or TV。 Or at least a smoke！Sound familiar？ We’re ALL like that。 Me， too…You see， don't you， that Derrida clarifies Kierkegaard by showing him to us as he must have seemed to the author's Original 19th Century audience: as something so totally FOREIGN to their habitual comfort zones that suddenly they HAD TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES？ Just as Socrates did for the Athenians。 So they killed him off。 An enemy of the state， just like Soren Kierkegaard。Therefore， Derrida's is THE Ideal Crib Sheet。 We media-crazed 21st Century couch potatoes are now for the first time， THINKING FOR OURSELVES。The perfect methodology to apply to our nail-biting Finals for our Introduction to Modern Thought 101 class。It is our REAL initiation。And THAT was Kierkegaard's Intent。And， that’s the "meaning" of this complex book， in a Nutshell！ 。。。more

Andrés Gordillo López ，

Aquí está en juego una atenta y muy aguda señalización acerca de las instancias que posibilitan o no， trascender el registro ético y estético que median —y no han cesado de mediar— la vida propia。 La resignación: llegar al absoluto en lo general。 La fe: llevar lo Particular a lo absoluto en lo general。 El héroe se sacrifica por la historia。 El caballero de la fe va ahí donde se acerca a su propia vida。

Hatice Çöpel ，

Korku ve Titreme， İbrahim'in nasıl 'tek başına bir ümmet' olduğunun açıklaması。。。 Absürdün inayeti， tekil bireyin evrenselden yüceliğinin özeti。。。 Korku ve Titreme， İbrahim'in nasıl 'tek başına bir ümmet' olduğunun açıklaması。。。 Absürdün inayeti， tekil bireyin evrenselden yüceliğinin özeti。。。 。。。more

Lana ，

The focus on Abraham and Christianity made this a difficult book to read， especially as I am also delving into philosophy for the first time and the translation was a bit archaic。 A student’s notes in a rare 1954 university copy by Walter Lowrie made following along a lot easier， nonetheless。 I really did get a sense of Kierkegaard’s “faith begins where reason stops”， especially compounding the ideas by engaging with some explanations。 I should probably re-read this when I understand Christianit The focus on Abraham and Christianity made this a difficult book to read， especially as I am also delving into philosophy for the first time and the translation was a bit archaic。 A student’s notes in a rare 1954 university copy by Walter Lowrie made following along a lot easier， nonetheless。 I really did get a sense of Kierkegaard’s “faith begins where reason stops”， especially compounding the ideas by engaging with some explanations。 I should probably re-read this when I understand Christianity a bit better。 。。。more

Ilia Vakili ，

بعد از این که همه کتاب‌های دنیا رو خوندم شاید یه بار دیگه خوندمش تا بیشتر بفهممش。 آقای رشیدیان تلاش زیادی برای ترجمه دقیق کرده و چند نسخه از زبان‌های مختلف رو مطابقت داده ولی تا کمی انگلیسی راجع به کتاب نخوندم نفهمیدم که منظور از ترک نامتناهی در واقع ترک به صورت نامتناهیه و نه ترک کردن مفهوم نامتناهی。البته ناآشنا بودن من به ادبیات موضوع و کیه‌رکگور هم قطعا در دشواری فهم کتاب برای من تاثیر داشته

Peter Carman ，

Coming up next， “Fear and Trembling: Tokyo Drift”

Ryan Elian ，

Perhaps this is one of the most difficult book on human psychology and the existentialist movement。 The difficulty is not in explaining what it is， but it is in explaining what it is to other people。Kierkegaard talks about paradox and dualism in which someone can attain throughout what is called the ethical or the universe。 Contextual and metaphorical word was seen to be carefully chosen and it also seems peculiar by the use of Kierkegaard。 Much of Hegelianism is being criticised in this work si Perhaps this is one of the most difficult book on human psychology and the existentialist movement。 The difficulty is not in explaining what it is， but it is in explaining what it is to other people。Kierkegaard talks about paradox and dualism in which someone can attain throughout what is called the ethical or the universe。 Contextual and metaphorical word was seen to be carefully chosen and it also seems peculiar by the use of Kierkegaard。 Much of Hegelianism is being criticised in this work since it does not explain beyond what was written。 The movement of believe is pictured as a journey from one end to another。 This polarity， in the end， was said to have what is called the infinity （beyond）。 The person who understands infinity has the element of absorbing that element in his/her individual life。 The person who grasps the infinite however must know its' transformative value into the concrete。 Without this conretised application， the person is said to be have the infinite resignation （forever resigned）。 Persons who lives inside the universal-ethical， and those who infinitely resigns can both co-exist， however， the third kind of individual will have what is called the paradox - that is when that individual himself lives in the particular but also in the absolute-beyond。 The play of word here is only deemed to maintain pedagogical value。 Kierkegaard meant to explain one thing in different ways。 If this concept is tough， it is probably because Hegelianism is to blame。 As Kierkegaard moves towards the end， much analogical comparison is given （with slight modifications during the discourse） and is somehow self-explanatory。Kierkegaard closes his book by explaining what is meant by movement: that the consummation of a movement is more important than the movement itself。 The former and less important concept however is what universally accepted。 The challenge would be to understand the consummative movement of believe as an absolute direction - beyond the universal， beyond the ethical。 。。。more

Andrew Mendoza ，

So boring， didn't understand anything， will return when I am smarter So boring， didn't understand anything， will return when I am smarter 。。。more

Javier Gil Jaime ，

La encomiable labor filosófica de Kierkegaard:- La construcción del mito de Abraham a través de su sacrificio y su figura （una figura en contra de la ética convecional）。 Y por lo tanto， la construcción de un nuevo paradigma。 - La figura del caballero de la fe o 'de la resignación infinita'。 - La puesta en punto de un movimiento filosófico que más tarde se conocerá como 'existencialismo'， en tanto en cuando por primera vez， Kierkegaard nos presenta a la muerte como una nada （una aberración filosó La encomiable labor filosófica de Kierkegaard:- La construcción del mito de Abraham a través de su sacrificio y su figura （una figura en contra de la ética convecional）。 Y por lo tanto， la construcción de un nuevo paradigma。 - La figura del caballero de la fe o 'de la resignación infinita'。 - La puesta en punto de un movimiento filosófico que más tarde se conocerá como 'existencialismo'， en tanto en cuando por primera vez， Kierkegaard nos presenta a la muerte como una nada （una aberración filosófica） y por lo tanto， como un absurdo。 - Y en último término， es posible la constitución de un ética sólida， en un mundo en el que Dios se nos presenta con esa vacuidad de contenido， es decir un "punto invisible de la convergencia"。 。。。more

Kenneth Sutherland ，

if kierkegaard loved abraham so much why didnt he marry him？

Becky ，

the retellings of stories and myths to make them more fucked up and sad is my favourite part of this

Sundus ，

Such a tough read ！！！ Full of complex philosophical ideas， some I found fascinating and thought provoking rest went over my head

Princy Raj ，

Between the edge of the knife and Issac' neck。。。。god spoke！ This book never left me。 When faith and fear strikes at once， what would you choose？ Between the edge of the knife and Issac' neck。。。。god spoke！ This book never left me。 When faith and fear strikes at once， what would you choose？ 。。。more

James Chally ，

After reading this I have decided anyone can write a book on philosophy， one just needs to follow kierkegaard’s example in three easy steps:Step 1; use an arbitrary noun/adjective to stand in place of a complex idea， don’t explain it and refer to it with a definitive article。 The more of these one can fit in a sentence the better。 Step 2: make up ridiculous metaphors to compliment the ideas hidden in the arbitrary noun/adjective; assign inexplicable titles to the people in the metaphors， frequen After reading this I have decided anyone can write a book on philosophy， one just needs to follow kierkegaard’s example in three easy steps:Step 1; use an arbitrary noun/adjective to stand in place of a complex idea， don’t explain it and refer to it with a definitive article。 The more of these one can fit in a sentence the better。 Step 2: make up ridiculous metaphors to compliment the ideas hidden in the arbitrary noun/adjective; assign inexplicable titles to the people in the metaphors， frequently compare these metaphors to step 1 without ever providing context。 Step 3: Finish all paragraphs/sections by subtly implying if the reader doesn’t understand then they probably don’t understand philosophy。 Here’s an example: the prefect does not negate the tertiary in so much as it amplifies the smorgasbord， this is most evident in the strength of the tertiary as seen in the liberator of Sasquatch。 If we truly understand， which I admit I cannot， the liberator of Sasquatch in the strength of the smorgasbord then the prefect is confirmed。 This is of course the ultimate meaning of the absurd as argued by someone you’ve never heard of…philosophy！I had to read the cliff notes to figure out what the hell he was talking about。 Basically it boils down to the idea that you cannot explain faith through reason， faith is a personal belief that has to be experienced…well no shit。 。。。more

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