This thinker asked whether the non-being that precedes birth is greater than the non-being that precedes re-birth through religious conversions in a work that introduces the concept of being a "Disciple at Second Hand.
This thinker asked whether the non-being that precedes birth is greater than the non-being that precedes re-birth through religious conversions in a work that introduces the concept of being a "Disciple at Second Hand." This thinker defined several relations between wish and duty, calling those who abandon the former for the latter "tragic heroes." He asked whether immortality would still exist if Jesus had not raised Lazarus from the dead in a book that claims that it is not death, but rather despair, that can kill the soul. This author of Philosophical Fragments included the figure of The Knight of Faith in a work asking whether Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac was ethical. For 10 points, name this author of The Sickness Unto Death and Fear and Trembling, a Danish existentialist.
This thinker asked whether the non-being that precedes birth is greater than the non-being that precedes re-birth through religious conversions in a work that introduces the concept of being a "Disciple at Second Hand.
Soren (Aabye) Kierkegaard