Perspective voyage · 1843
If Abraham's action cannot be explained by universal ethics, is faith a higher justification or a publicly unverifiable danger?
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The pseudonymous Johannes de silentio presents Abraham as a paradox between universal ethics and an absolute relation to God.
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Søren Kierkegaard
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §3 Aesthetics and §4 Ethics; discussion of Fear and Trembling
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