Fear and Trembling (First Folio Society Edition)
KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Fear and Trembling. London: The Folio Society, 2014.
8vo (228 x 151 mm). Original red publisher's cloth blocked with a design by Paul Scheruebel. xvi, 143 pp., with 7 illustrations by Paul Scheruebel. Translated and with notes by Alastair Hannay. Introduction by Jonathan RĂ©e. Housed in brown publisher's slipcase. First Folio Society edition.
Fear and Trembling was published in 1843 under a pseudonym — Johannes de Silentio, John of Silence — and the choice of name is characteristic of its author's oblique genius. The book circles obsessively around a single episode from Genesis: God's command to Abraham that he sacrifice his son Isaac, and Abraham's willingness to obey.
For Kierkegaard this was not merely a theological puzzle but the central paradox of human existence — the point at which faith, by its nature, exceeds the reach of reason and ethics alike. Abraham cannot explain himself; to explain would be to domesticate the inexplicable. He must act in silence, and in doing so performs what Kierkegaard calls the movement of faith: the absolute, unsupported trust in God that constitutes the highest form of human life.
Published a generation before Nietzsche declared God dead, Fear and Trembling remains one of the most searching interrogations of what belief actually demands — and one of the founding texts of existentialist thought.
The Folio Society's edition presents Alastair Hannay's authoritative translation alongside Paul Scheruebel's seven striking illustrations, each a re-imagining of the Abraham and Isaac scene that mirrors the book's own obsessive, circling method.
Fine in a near fine slipcase showing minor shelf wear only. The volume presents as new.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000365
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Fear and Trembling (First Folio Society Edition)
Fear and Trembling (First Folio Society Edition)
KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Fear and Trembling. London: The Folio Society, 2014.
8vo (228 x 151 mm). Original red publisher's cloth blocked with a design by Paul Scheruebel. xvi, 143 pp., with 7 illustrations by Paul Scheruebel. Translated and with notes by Alastair Hannay. Introduction by Jonathan RĂ©e. Housed in brown publisher's slipcase. First Folio Society edition.
Fear and Trembling was published in 1843 under a pseudonym — Johannes de Silentio, John of Silence — and the choice of name is characteristic of its author's oblique genius. The book circles obsessively around a single episode from Genesis: God's command to Abraham that he sacrifice his son Isaac, and Abraham's willingness to obey.
For Kierkegaard this was not merely a theological puzzle but the central paradox of human existence — the point at which faith, by its nature, exceeds the reach of reason and ethics alike. Abraham cannot explain himself; to explain would be to domesticate the inexplicable. He must act in silence, and in doing so performs what Kierkegaard calls the movement of faith: the absolute, unsupported trust in God that constitutes the highest form of human life.
Published a generation before Nietzsche declared God dead, Fear and Trembling remains one of the most searching interrogations of what belief actually demands — and one of the founding texts of existentialist thought.
The Folio Society's edition presents Alastair Hannay's authoritative translation alongside Paul Scheruebel's seven striking illustrations, each a re-imagining of the Abraham and Isaac scene that mirrors the book's own obsessive, circling method.
Fine in a near fine slipcase showing minor shelf wear only. The volume presents as new.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000365
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KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Fear and Trembling. London: The Folio Society, 2014.
8vo (228 x 151 mm). Original red publisher's cloth blocked with a design by Paul Scheruebel. xvi, 143 pp., with 7 illustrations by Paul Scheruebel. Translated and with notes by Alastair Hannay. Introduction by Jonathan RĂ©e. Housed in brown publisher's slipcase. First Folio Society edition.
Fear and Trembling was published in 1843 under a pseudonym — Johannes de Silentio, John of Silence — and the choice of name is characteristic of its author's oblique genius. The book circles obsessively around a single episode from Genesis: God's command to Abraham that he sacrifice his son Isaac, and Abraham's willingness to obey.
For Kierkegaard this was not merely a theological puzzle but the central paradox of human existence — the point at which faith, by its nature, exceeds the reach of reason and ethics alike. Abraham cannot explain himself; to explain would be to domesticate the inexplicable. He must act in silence, and in doing so performs what Kierkegaard calls the movement of faith: the absolute, unsupported trust in God that constitutes the highest form of human life.
Published a generation before Nietzsche declared God dead, Fear and Trembling remains one of the most searching interrogations of what belief actually demands — and one of the founding texts of existentialist thought.
The Folio Society's edition presents Alastair Hannay's authoritative translation alongside Paul Scheruebel's seven striking illustrations, each a re-imagining of the Abraham and Isaac scene that mirrors the book's own obsessive, circling method.
Fine in a near fine slipcase showing minor shelf wear only. The volume presents as new.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000365
