Great Ideas 36 Fear & Trembling

Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution. They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.. The Father of Existentialism Kierkegaard transformed philosophy with his conviction that we must all create our own nature in this great work of religious anxiety he argues that a true understanding of God can only be attained by making a personal 'leap of faith'.|Soren Kierkegaard's childhood was clouded by the religious fervour of his father. Studying both theology and the liberal arts he began to criticize the Christianity upheld by his father and look for a new set of values. He wrote no fewer than twelve major philosophical essays and his work inspires both modern Protestant theology and existentialism. In his own time he died an object of public ridicule and scorn.|Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution. They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.The Father of Existentialism Kierkegaard transformed philosophy with his conviction that we must all create our own nature; in this great work of religious anxiety he argues that a true understanding of God can only be attained by making a personal 'leap of faith'.