Kierkegaard recognizes an individual called the Knight of Faith (In Fear and Trembling, I think). Is the Herr und Knecht relationship intended to be a take-off from Hegel’s idea of Lordship and Bondage (In Phenomenology of the Spirit)? I take it that this all neans that character comes from servitude, and the Knight of Faith grows from being in relation under God.
Or have I totally misread Herren Hegel und Kierkegaard?
(If I’m at all right, I feel like i’ve just leaked more Philosophy onto this board than perhaps it deserves.) [/i]
yes, “Fear and Trembling” is the main source of Kierkegaard’s concept of the “knight of faith”; also known as the “knight of infinite resignation”. in F&T, Abraham, who sacrifices his son (or at least fully intends to) at the request of God Himself, becomes a knight of faith when he actually decides to “listen to God” and go ahead with the sacrifice of his son.
he becomes a knight of faith, or a knight of infinite resignation because he is renouncing all reason (it really makes no sense to kill your own son, especially when the mysterious “voice of god” is telling you to do so ) and just taking a crazy leap of faith… doing what he thinks god wants him to do. he is trashing reason and taking the dubious and otherwise sketchy “word of god” (which he can never really be sure of or trust 100%) and acting upon that. that gives him “knight of faith” status.
but at first glance, i don’t see the connection to hegel. maybe someone else can come along and help you out.
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) and just taking a crazy leap of faith… doing what he thinks god wants him to do. he is trashing reason and taking the dubious and otherwise sketchy “word of god” (which he can never really be sure of or trust 100%) and acting upon that. that gives him “knight of faith” status.