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Fear and Trembling (Unabridged)
Naxos AudioBooks

Fear and Trembling (Unabridged)

$31.98

Details

Composer
KIERKEGAARD, SOREN
Artist
Mark Meadows
Format
CD
Label
Naxos AudioBooks
Released
Dec 14, 2018
Catalog #
NA0327
UPC
9781781981702

About

Written from the perspective of an unbeliever, Fear and Trembling explores the paradox of faith, the nature of Christianity and the complexity of human emotion. Kierkegaard examines the biblical story of Abraham, instructed to sacrifice his son Isaac, and forces us to consider Abraham's state of mind. What drove Abraham, and what made him carry out such an absurd and extreme request from God? Kierkegaard argues that Abraham's agreement to sacrifice Isaac, and his suspension of reason, elevated him to the highest level of faith. He explores more comprehensible alternatives, but in each one Abraham fails the test of faith, thus showing that true faith cannot be explained, understood, or made rational. His thesis is a compelling counterpoint to Hegel, who maintained that reason was the highest form of thought, and proved a significant source of inspiration to later existentialist philosophers such as Camus and Sartre.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Fear and Trembling 08:23
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    1
    Title
    Fear and Trembling
    Duration
    08:23
  3. 2 Tuning Up 10:18
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    2
    Title
    Tuning Up
    Duration
    10:18
  4. 3 A Tribute to Abraham 11:47
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    3
    Title
    A Tribute to Abraham
    Duration
    11:47
  5. 4 Thus everything was lost… 11:53
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    4
    Title
    Thus everything was lost…
    Duration
    11:53
  6. 5 Problems. A Preliminary Outpouring… 10:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    Problems. A Preliminary Outpouring…
    Duration
    10:37
  7. 6 Can one then speak candidly… 13:07
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    6
    Title
    Can one then speak candidly…
    Duration
    13:07
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 But what did Abraham do? 08:20
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    1
    Title
    But what did Abraham do?
    Duration
    08:20
  10. 2 I would not leave him an instant… 08:01
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    2
    Title
    I would not leave him an instant…
    Duration
    08:01
  11. 3 However, this miracle can so easily… 09:46
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    3
    Title
    However, this miracle can so easily…
    Duration
    09:46
  12. 4 In infinite resignation there is peace… 10:41
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    4
    Title
    In infinite resignation there is peace…
    Duration
    10:41
  13. 5 Temporality, finitude is what it is all about. 12:09
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    5
    Title
    Temporality, finitude is what it is all about.
    Duration
    12:09
  14. 6 Problem 1: Is there a teleological suspension 12:14
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    6
    Title
    Problem 1: Is there a teleological suspension
    Duration
    12:14
  15. 7 When at the decisive moment Agamemnon… 09:37
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    7
    Title
    When at the decisive moment Agamemnon…
    Duration
    09:37
  16. Disc 3
  17. 1 How does the single individual assure himself… 12:52
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    1
    Title
    How does the single individual assure himself…
    Duration
    12:52
  18. 2 Problem 2: Is there an absolute duty to God? 12:20
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    2
    Title
    Problem 2: Is there an absolute duty to God?
    Duration
    12:20
  19. 3 If that pious and accommodating exegete… 10:22
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    3
    Title
    If that pious and accommodating exegete…
    Duration
    10:22
  20. 4 The knight of faith knows that… 11:39
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    4
    Title
    The knight of faith knows that…
    Duration
    11:39
  21. 5 Problem 3: Was it ethically defensible… 10:40
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    5
    Title
    Problem 3: Was it ethically defensible…
    Duration
    10:40
  22. 6 But ethics knows nothing either of that… 14:18
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    6
    Title
    But ethics knows nothing either of that…
    Duration
    14:18
  23. Disc 4
  24. 1 But why this sketch, since I still get no further… 12:02
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    1
    Title
    But why this sketch, since I still get no further…
    Duration
    12:02
  25. 2 The merman stands at a dialectical apex. 09:21
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    2
    Title
    The merman stands at a dialectical apex.
    Duration
    09:21
  26. 3 If one wants a plot in a similar style… 09:34
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    3
    Title
    If one wants a plot in a similar style…
    Duration
    09:34
  27. 4 Natures like Gloucester's cannot be saved by… 09:12
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    4
    Title
    Natures like Gloucester's cannot be saved by…
    Duration
    09:12
  28. 5 It stands to reason that Faust… 11:22
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    5
    Title
    It stands to reason that Faust…
    Duration
    11:22
  29. 6 This distress I can well understand. 13:43
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    6
    Title
    This distress I can well understand.
    Duration
    13:43
  30. 7 Epilogue 06:25
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    7
    Title
    Epilogue
    Duration
    06:25