1. German Philosophy and Idealism
... of Hegel's work, named Soren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard told the biblical story of how Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son Isaac because God told him to. What Kierkegaard is trying to ask is how Abraham can be lauded as the picture of faith when what he attempts to do is by all accounts unethical. Kierkegaard believes that the paradox lies within faith ... said faith "precisely because it has always existed," to begin with. He points out that if Abraham were using Hegelistic philosophy, then Abraham would have been tempted to go against his moral absolute, God's request that would ulti...
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