Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6 - Softcover

Book 16 of 21: Kierkegaard's Writings

Kierkegaard, Søren

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9780691020266: Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6
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ISBN 10: 0691020264 ISBN 13: 9780691020266
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1983

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Presented here in a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, Fear and Trembling and Repetition are the most poetic and personal of Søren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writings. Published in 1843 and written under the names Johannes de Silentio and Constantine Constantius, respectively, the books demonstrate Kierkegaard's transmutation of the personal into the lyrically religious.



Each work uses as a point of departure Kierkegaard's breaking of his engagement to Regine Olsen--his sacrifice of "that single individual." From this beginning Fear and Trembling becomes an exploration of the faith that transcends the ethical, as in Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac at God's command. This faith, which persists in the face of the absurd, is rewarded finally by the return of all that the faithful one is willing to sacrifice. Repetition discusses the most profound implications of unity of personhood and of identity within change, beginning with the ironic story of a young poet who cannot fulfill the ethical claims of his engagement because of the possible consequences of his marriage. The poet finally despairs of repetition (renewal) in the ethical sphere, as does his advisor and friend Constantius in the aesthetic sphere. The book ends with Constantius' intimation of a third kind of repetition--in the religious sphere.

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In Repetition Kierkegaard discusses the most profound implications of the unity of personhood and of identity within change-the repetition that creates the rebirth of God in the heart of man, brings the eternal into the present, and allows the past to retain its meaning.

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FEAR AND TREMBLING REPETITION

By Sren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Copyright © 1983 Howard V. Hong
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ISBN: 978-0-691-02026-6

Contents

Historical Introduction....................................................ix
Fear and Trembling by Johannes de Silentio.................................1
PREFACE....................................................................5
EXORDIUM...................................................................9
EULOGY ON ABRAHAM..........................................................15
Problemata.................................................................25
PRELIMINARY EXPECTORATION..................................................27
PROBLEMA I Is there a Teleological Suspension of the Ethical?.............54
PROBLEMA II Is there an Absolute Duty to Cod?..............................68
PROBLEMA III Was It Ethically Defensible for Abraham to Conceal His 
Undertaking from Sarah, from Eliezer, and from Isaac?......................		82
EPILOGUE...................................................................121
Repetition by Constantin Constantius......................................125
[Part One] [Report by Constantin Constantius].............................129
[Part Two] REPETITION.....................................................177
[LETTERS FROM THE YOUNG MAN AUGUST 15 TO FEBRUARY 17]......................188
[INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS BY CONSTANTIN CONSTANTIUS]........................216
[LETTER FROM THE YOUNG MAN]................................................220
TO MR. X, ESQ..............................................................223
[CONCLUDING LETTER BY CONSTANTIN CONSTANTIUS]..............................225
Supplement.................................................................233
Editorial Appendix.........................................................331
Notes......................................................................339
Bibliographical Note.......................................................391
Index......................................................................393

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1983
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691020264
ISBN 13 
9780691020266
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
420
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