FEAR AND TREMBLING

S E SS I O N 2
NEA AUX ILIO -BESMON TE
 RECAP

AUTHOR

INFLUENCES

ABOUT THE TEXT

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 LETS PROCESS

1. Should we obey all commands of

God?

2. Can we regard other people

instrumentally for the sake of eternal
salvation?
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3. Does faith
entitle anyone to
take other
people's lives as
means and not
as ends in
themselves?
 TERMS

Directions: Look for the meta cards under

your chair. Raise to the class the meta
card that corresponds to definitions in the
slides.

1. It suggests that Kierkegaard believes

that faith in God is a matter of personal
choice that each person must make or not
make. LEAP OF
FAITH
 TERMS

2. It is the process of reconciling two

opposing positions are into a synthesis.

MEDIATIO
N
3. It is the experience of being tested by God.
ORDEAL
4. In Fear and Trembling, it is the
contradiction inherent in the religious.

PARADOX
 TERMS

5. It is opposite of passion; the

disinterested intellectualization of
matters. REFELECTIO
N
6. According to Plato, it is the
process by which we bring ourselves
closer to the Good.
RECOLLECTIO
N
.
 TERMS

7. It is the process by which the knight of

faith can give up what he most values
only to regain it, by virtue of the absurd.

REPETITIO
N
8. It is the experience of giving up what
one holds dearest and reconciling oneself
with the pain of that loss.
RECOLLECTIO
N
 DISCUSSION

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

What does Kierkegaard have to say

about Faith?

What is the implicit message imparted

by the author to the readers?
WORKSHEETS
 THINK ABOUT THIS
How did Kierkegaard problematized the
ethical?

How can Kierkegaards repetition be

contrasted the Platonic recollection and
the Hegelian mediation.

How do we distinguish the voice of God

from a delusional hallucination?
 THINK ABOUT THIS
After reading Fear and Trembling, how do
you now account for your faith?

Do you think your belief in God is

directed by the leap of faith?
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PREPARE A CREATIVE PRESENTATION WITH
YOUR GROUPMATES TO SHOW THE
IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE TEXT.

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