{"product_id":"fear-and-trembling-first-folio-society-edition","title":"Fear and Trembling (First Folio Society Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKIERKEGAARD, Søren.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFear and Trembling.\u003c\/em\u003e London: The Folio Society, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e8vo (228 x 151 mm). Original red publisher's cloth blocked with a design by Paul Scheruebel. xvi, 143 pp., with 7 illustrations by Paul Scheruebel. Translated and with notes by Alastair Hannay. Introduction by Jonathan Rée. Housed in brown publisher's slipcase. \u003cstrong\u003eFirst Folio Society edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1843 under a pseudonym — Johannes de Silentio, John of Silence — and the choice of name is characteristic of its author's oblique genius. The book circles obsessively around a single episode from Genesis: God's command to Abraham that he sacrifice his son Isaac, and Abraham's willingness to obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFor Kierkegaard this was not merely a theological puzzle but the central paradox of human existence — the point at which faith, by its nature, exceeds the reach of reason and ethics alike. Abraham cannot explain himself; to explain would be to domesticate the inexplicable. He must act in silence, and in doing so performs what Kierkegaard calls the movement of faith: the absolute, unsupported trust in God that constitutes the highest form of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePublished a generation before Nietzsche declared God dead, \u003cem\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the most searching interrogations of what belief actually demands — and one of the founding texts of existentialist thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Folio Society's edition presents Alastair Hannay's authoritative translation alongside Paul Scheruebel's seven striking illustrations, each a re-imagining of the Abraham and Isaac scene that mirrors the book's own obsessive, circling method.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFine in a near fine slipcase\u003c\/strong\u003e showing minor shelf wear only. The volume presents as new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eIf you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000365\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Søren Kierkegaard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48749205717235,"sku":"1110002940460","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_ea4416c0-407c-4401-87b2-693f459af467.png?v=1774418106","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/fear-and-trembling-first-folio-society-edition","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}