![]() ![]() Through his pseudonym Johannes de silentio, Kierkegaard uses the story of Abraham and Isaac as an example: God to Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac, but then intervened just as Abraham raised the knife to kill Isaac. To Kierkegaard (and to many later European existentialists), embracing the absurd means accepting something (either a course of action or a belief) even when reason points out an alternative that is easier or makes more sense. ![]() Instead, a person must make a leap of faith and be willing to embrace the absurd. To Kierkegaard, real, deep, meaningful faith is not a passive action or a feeling that a person just accepts. Søren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling explains how one can achieve true faith in God in order to find meaning, happiness, and greatness. ![]()
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