Abraham and Sarah’s faithful servant. Because Eleazar was so close to Abraham, Kierkegaard questions how ethical it was for Abraham to prepare to sacrifice Isaac without telling Eleazar or Sarah. Kierkegaard arrives at the conclusion that because Abraham couldn’t explain the situation in a way others could understand, it was okay for him not to tell anyone—faith is often unintelligible and difficult to explain.
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Eleazar Character Timeline in Fear and Trembling
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Speech in Praise of Abraham
...answer his call. Abraham woke up early and, without saying a word to Sarah or Eleazar, took Isaac to Mount Moriah and prepared to sacrifice him on an altar. Without hesitation,...
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Problema 3: Was it Ethically Defensible of Abraham to Conceal his Purpose from Sarah, from Eleazar, from Isaac?
...universal) can ethically justify concealment, then Abraham can be rightly condemned for not telling Sarah, Eleazar, and Isaac about God’s demand. Johannes proposes to look at the question in an aesthetic...
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Johannes turns his attention back to Abraham, who didn’t tell Sarah, Eleazar, or Isaac about God’s command to sacrifice Isaac. Aesthetics says that it’s okay to be...
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