PHL 605 Lecture 7: Week 5 - Existence and Individuality cont.
1 Nov 2020
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Poetic is an aesthetic response, emotional and sensual. Abr. can"t be classified as hero bc he sacrifices his son. If he were a real hero, he would have taken his own life. Angel offers him a ram for sacrifice instead. But still would have killed his son if angel had not appeared. Who gave strength to abraham"s arm, who kept his right arm raised so that it did not fall helplessly down. Jds as philosopher: i will persevere until i crack the shell that is faith. Jds: examine faith objectively, even if its disagreeable to me. What is left out of abr. story is the anguish. Genuine call from god (test) or delusional voice (temptation) Test or temptation (k. plays with ambiguity of anfechtung) Can we tell the difference from a third person pov. No, we cannot know what he was thinking. From rational pov there are only 2 possibilities.
