Posted by Paul on February 23, 19100 at 21:54:42:

In Reply to: Seeing as you've waited so long... posted by Pat on November 22, 1999 at 23:40:06:

: Moreover, faith involves the inward apprehension of paradox, and therefore not only can it not be put into words without distortion, it cannot be thought by a person who does not have faith. Abraham believes two contradictory things at once-that God will take Isaac and that he will not. We cannot understand this without faith- that is, without a direct relationship to God. Language, the medium of human communication, will not help us here. It falls outside of human logic, and therefore human inter-expressability. See Philosophical Fragments for more on this area.

: Anyway, that's a fairly simplistic outline of how I understood the role of language in SK. Any thoughts?

: Regards,
: Pat

In speaking of Abraham, Kierkegaard says in Fear and Trembling "...only he who draws the knife gets Isaac." Note that in drawing the knife, one raises the hand while withdrawing it slightly. This action represents the act of negations of consciousness or the act of resignation which takes hold of the emerging action (phenomenon) while hesitating. Transcendent existence is hidden behind every phenomenon which is its veil, and only by removing the veil, by negating the phenomenon, can someone manage the "religious leap." Abraham received the existence of Isaac because he was ready to sacrifice him. Faith is conditioned by the prior attitude of resignation. The infinite resignation is the last stage prior to faith, so that one who has not made this movement has no faith. In order to have faith, one must recognize the inability of reflective human consciousness to attain transcendence.

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: : Moreover, faith involves the inward apprehension of paradox, and therefore not only can it not be put into words without distortion, it cannot be thought by a person who does not have faith. Abraham believes two contradictory things at once-that God will take Isaac and that he will not. We cannot understand this without faith- that is, without a direct relationship to God. Language, the medium of human communication, will not help us here. It falls outside of human logic, and therefore human inter-expressability. See <i>Philosophical Fragments</i> for more on this area. : : Anyway, that's a fairly simplistic outline of how I understood the role of language in SK. Any thoughts? : : Regards, : : Pat : In speaking of Abraham, Kierkegaard says in Fear and Trembling "...only he who draws the knife gets Isaac." Note that in drawing the knife, one raises the hand while withdrawing it slightly. This action represents the act of negations of consciousness or the act of resignation which takes hold of the emerging action (phenomenon) while hesitating. Transcendent existence is hidden behind every phenomenon which is its veil, and only by removing the veil, by negating the phenomenon, can someone manage the "religious leap." Abraham received the existence of Isaac because he was ready to sacrifice him. Faith is conditioned by the prior attitude of resignation. The infinite resignation is the last stage prior to faith, so that one who has not made this movement has no faith. In order to have faith, one must recognize the inability of reflective human consciousness to attain transcendence.

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