Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling: A Solution to Kierkegaard’s Despair O

In Kierkegaards Fear and Trembling, the concept of the Knight of Faith is an distinguished angiotensin-converting enzyme, a unique title awarded to those whose devotion to God goes far beyond what is even comprehensible or expected for the average man, who has an aesthetic or ethical vitality. We argon told by Kierkegaard that this Knight of Faith, when in a attitude where resignation appears to be the only solution to a problem, drops his faith in what appears to be the absurd, and believes that the solution that he desires lies in God. This fuels his faith, and makes him better than the aesthetic man, who scarce abandons or ignores the problem, or the ethical man, the Knight of Infinite Resignation, who accepts the problem and resigns himself to a life of despair. The Knight of Faith exists as a shining beam of devotion to the will of God, and, according to Kierkegaard, there exist only both kn experience employments of the Knight of Faith Abraham, and bloody shame. T hese exemplary figures in history put their faith in God, and believed that God would provide a solution to their problems. This matte faith in their creator is supposed to be inspirational, and in a sense, make the reader feel incredibly pitiful and resentful of their own wavering faith. In the following paragraphs, I aim to argue that a moment of absolute faithlessness can prove to be fitting as powerful as a moment of pure faith, and that Mary and Abraham serve as God-given examples of an absolute faith that is inaccessible to all precisely a few humans who serve very specific purposes in this world. Finally, I will propose a different mode of existence, one in which a mans free will allows him to pose joy in whatever God provides for him.In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard uses the example of Abraham as ... ...e individual is able to engage in a deeper and much meaningful relationship with their Creator. The Knight of Faith, when engaging in this relationship, does so in the same manner that a small child would with their parent, however, the devotee attempts to create a mature adult relationship with their parent, one that is loving, but questioning, and art object the love that exists between the two may be unconditional, the demands made are not. While Kierkegaards analysis of the superiority of the Knight of Faith in relation to those who follow the aesthetic life or ethical life is correct, he fails to acknowledge that faith can be rooted in joy and love, and can be far more spiritual and fulfilling than faith alone. This is the angst-ridden and unfortunate symptom of an existential despair, and does not truly reflect the perplex relationship between man and God.