This work disdains "frogs in life's swamp" who fall in love with a princess but give up after realizing that "the rich brewer's widow" is more attainable. It questions why every young girl does not compare herself to the Virgin Mary, and claims that Mary has no need of admiration because she transcended heroism through suffering. This work ends by mentioning a student who claimed you cannot pass even once through the same (*) river, and pities Heraclitus for having a such a disciple; this work also discusses Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia, and was probably inspired by the end 
This work disdains "frogs in life's swamp" who fall in love with a princess but give up after realizing that "the rich brewer's widow" is more attainable. It questions why every young girl does not compare herself to the Virgin Mary, and claims that Mary has no need of admiration because she transcended heroism through suffering. This work ends by mentioning a student who claimed you cannot pass even once through the same (*) river, and pities Heraclitus for having a such a disciple; this work also discusses Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia, and was probably inspired by the end of its author's relationship with Regine Olsen. Abraham is described as a "Knight of Faith" for his willingness to sacrifice Isaac in, for ten points, what work by Soren Kierkegaard which asks "is there a teleological suspension of the ethical?"
This work disdains "frogs in life's swamp" who fall in love with a princess but give up after realizing that "the rich brewer's widow" is more attainable.