Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard spends much of this work exploring Abraham and the attempted sacrifice of Isaac. How do faith and logic work together to explain this. What on earth was Abraham doing? He does a deep dive into the situation and comes up with some interesting conclusions.
The paper book I have is a different translation than the ebook from the library one I have. Kierkegaard explores some concepts of Christianity. The Sickness Unto Death starts with the miracle of Jesus raising a person from the dead. That talks about sickness unto death. Kierkegaard then explores Christianity and despair. Death is part of our journey. However despair is a a more true "sickness unto death" that leads towards a worse end. He originally wrote this as "Anti-Climacus" Why the pseudonym? I have had this sitting around for a few decades, but felt the need to avoid it. Maybe I just needed to wait for this new translation? It seemed to be an interesting look at Christian existentialism,
