Fear and Trembling
The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in...
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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world. Regarded as the father of Existentialism, Kierkegaard transformed philosophy with his conviction that we must all create our own nature; in this great work of religious anxiety, he argues that a true understanding of God can only be attained by making a personal "leap of faith."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143037576 (0143037579)
ASIN: 143037579
Publish date: May 30th 2006
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Classic Literature,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Faith,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Theology
Kierkegaard is the single best writer I have ever come across. This audio version provides a particularly good presentation of the author's complex explanation for the world we live in and gives insights into why Kierkegaard is such a fascinating person worth reading even today. I don't believe in h...
What was it that made Abraham's "test" such a remarkable event? We are already aware of the great faith that Abraham exhibited through his trust in God's promise (before the birth of Isaac) that his seed would produce a great nation despite his advanced age and his wife's barrenness. His "test" wa...
"Faith is hard and sort of impossible," is that all he was trying to say? Either I'm not very smart or he's not a very good writer. I liked the Abraham fanfic at the beginning.