Abraham

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Abraham in philosophy

Abraham, as a man communicating with God, inspired philosophers, like the existentialists, such as Kierkegaard and Sartre. The "stress of Abraham" was a concept invented by Kierkegaard and later processed by Sartre like this: God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son. How does Abraham know that the voice he hears is really the voice of his God and not of someone else or even the product of a mental condition? Thus, Sartre concludes, even if there are signs in the world, it is to us, humans, to decide how to interpret them and so we are abandoned in our freedom, which is the core of existentialism. This of course makes sense within the context of rationalism but not inside mysticism, the foundation of every religion.

Related Topics:
Philosopher - Existentialists - Kierkegaard - Sartre - Existentialism - Rationalism - Mysticism

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