This type of person is justified in standing above the universal by "assuming the burden of the paradox". It is impossible to tell externally whether a person is of this type, which is likened to a ballet dancer making a graceful leap that other people stumble over. This type of person gets everything back "by virtue of the absurd," unlike people who merely let themselves lose everything. This sort of person is not merely a (*) tragic hero according to the pseudonymous Johannes de Silentio, who gives his highest praise to these people in an 1843 philosophy book analyzing a Biblical sacrifice. For 10 points, name this type of person, exemplified by Abraham, who trusts
This type of person is justified in standing above the universal by "assuming the burden of the paradox". It is impossible to tell externally whether a person is of this type, which is likened to a ballet dancer making a graceful leap that other people stumble over. This type of person gets everything back "by virtue of the absurd," unlike people who merely let themselves lose everything. This sort of person is not merely a (*) tragic hero according to the pseudonymous Johannes de Silentio, who gives his highest praise to these people in an 1843 philosophy book analyzing a Biblical sacrifice. For 10 points, name this type of person, exemplified by Abraham, who trusts God even more than the "knight of infinite resignation" according to Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling.