Fear and Trembling Audiobook (Free)

Written from the perspective of an unbeliever, Dread and Trembling explores the paradox of faith, the nature of Christianity and the complexity of human emotion. Kierkegaard examines the biblical story of Abraham, instructed to sacrifice his boy Isaac, and forces us to consider Abraham’s state of mind. What drove Abraham, and what made him perform such an absurd and extreme request from God? Kierkegaard argues that Abraham’s contract to sacrifice Isaac, and his suspension system of reason, raised him to the highest level of trust. He explores even more comprehensible alternatives, however in each one Abraham fails the test of beliefs, thus showing that true trust cannot be described, understood, or produced logical. His thesis is usually a persuasive counterpoint to Hegel, who taken care of that reason was the best form of believed, and proved a significant source of inspiration to afterwards existentialist philosophers such as for example Camus and Sartre.