Fear and Trembling

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' c...

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.

克尔凯郭尔（1813―1855）、19世纪著名的宗教哲学家，存在主义的创始人。本书借《圣经》中亚伯拉罕和以撒的故事，论述了信仰和牺牲的观念。作者认为，信仰从本质上是一种悖论；畏惧并非来自某一确定对象的威胁，而害怕则是来自一个客观的威胁物。