Fear and Trembling Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio - Penguin Classics Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay

Fear and Trembling Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio - Penguin Classics Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay Paperback (29 Aug 1985) Publisher's Synopsis Kierkegaard's infamous and hugely influential philosophical work on faith, choice and sacrifice In Fear and Trembling Kierkegaard, writing under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio, expounds his personal view of religion through the scene in Genesis in which Abraham prepares to kill his son at God's command. Kierkegaard believed Abraham's unreserved obedience to be the essential leap of faith needed to make a full commitment to his religion. The conviction shown in this polemic - that an individual can have an exceptional mission in life - informed all his later writings, and was also hugely influential for both Protestant theology and the existentialist movement. Translated with an Introduction by Alastair Hannay Book information ISBN: 9780140444490 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Classics Pub date: 29 Aug 1985 DEWEY: 222.110601 DEWEY edition: 22 Language: English Number of pages: 165 Weight: 138g Height: 197mm Width: 129mm Spine width: 11mm