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This short book appeared in October 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio and is subtitled a “dialectical lyric”. It opens by retelling the journey of Abraham to Mount Moriah in several versions. The narrator admires Abraham but says he cannot understand him: if the ethical is the universal, Abraham is either a murderer or a “knight of faith” who stands in an absolute relation to God. Three “problemata” test this against Hegel’s ethics, and the knight of faith is contrasted with the “knight of infinite resignation”, who gives up what he loves without believing he will receive it back. The text is central to debates on faith and morality.

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• Zasady filozofii prawa1820 · Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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• Mit Syzyfa1942 · Albert Camus

Więcej dzieł: Søren Kierkegaard

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