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1、FearandTremblingbySörenKierkegaardTranslatedbyWalterLowrie.PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,1941.ThismaterialwaspreparedforReligionOnlinebyTedandWinnieBrock.PrefaceKierkegaard,writingunderapseudonym(JohannesDeSilentio),aimsironiccriticismhisownwork.Heclaimst
2、he"writer"isnothingofaphilosopher,hasnotunderstood"theSystem,"anddoesnotknowwhetheritactuallyexists.PreludeThestoryofAbrahamisgivenaKierkegaardianturn,fullofparadoxesandinconsistencies.AbrahamcouldnotcomprehendthatitwasasintobewillingtooffertoGodthebestthinghep
3、ossessed--hisownsonIsaac.Chapter1:APanegyricUponAbrahamThebeginningsofareverie-sermononthesacrificeofIsaacbyhisfatherAbraham.Chapter2:PreliminaryExpectorationThestoryofAbrahamhastheremarkablepropertythatitisalwaysglorious,howeverpoorlyonemayunderstandit.Theethi
4、calexpressionforwhatAbrahamdidisthathewouldmurderIsaac,andthereligiousexpressionisthathewouldsacrificeIsaac.Abrahamhadtolivewiththiscontradictionwhichcouldmakeamansleepless.ButAbrahamisnotwhatheiswithoutthisdread.Chapter3:ProblemOne:IsThereSuchaThingasaTeleolog
5、icalSuspensionoftheEthical?ThedialecticalconsequencesinthestoryofAbrahamareexpressedhereintheformofproblematainordertoseewhatatremendousparadoxfaithis,forthisstorypresentstheparadoxwhichgivesIsaacbacktoAbraham,whichnothoughtcanmaster,becausefaithbeginsprecisely
6、therewherethinkingleavesoff.Chapter4:ProblemTwo:IsThereSuchaThingasanAbsoluteDutyTowardGod?Theknightoffaithisobligedtorelyuponhimselfalone,hefeelsthepainofnotbeingabletomakehimselfintelligibletoothers,buthefeelsnovaindesiretoguideothers.Chapter5:ProblemThree:Wa
7、sAbrahamEthicallyDefensibleinKeepingSilentAboutHisPurpose?Abraham’sconductisindefensibleforhepaidnoheedtotheintermediateethicaldeterminants.Butinthefaceofhisconcealment,weareinthepresenceofaparadoxwhichcannotbemediated,foritrestsonthefactthattheindividualishigh
8、erthantheuniversal.EpilogueFaithisthehighestpassioninaman.Thereareperhapsmanyineverygenerationwhodonotevenreachit,butnoonegetsfurther.Butforthemanalsowhodoesnotsomuchasreach