To preface this post, I have gotten interested in spirituality and philosophy pretty recently, being relatively young and well, stupid for lack of a better word. So wanting to learn more about the subjects I did some digging and eventually stumbled upon Kierkegaard who by description alone interested me, so I went to my local English bookshop, and after a lot of contemplation and research decided to pick up Fear and Trembling.
Though it was difficult to get into, the positions presented in the book were so damn interesting to me. Problema I and II offered, to me, such revolutionary takes on faith, ones that I had never heard before. Granted, I haven't heard much about faith at all before -- but still!
So today I decided to finally sit down and get through Problema III. And after about 3 hours (I know, I'm also ashamed it took that long) I finally finished it. And all I can say is...
Bwuhh?
It felt like I was wrestling with the book itself throughout that entire afternoon. I was able to understand the previous problema's well enough, what with the paradox of faith and how it exists both in relation to and outside of the ethical (or, the universal?). But now, after that third Problema, my brain. I'm still trying to unravel what it all meant. The question proposed at first seemed straightforward enough, but I'm not sure how the end even answered it.
Am I just being, stupid? Does it just take a while to fully digest and understand it? Did I overshoot tremendously and start with an author far too advanced for me? I have already gone back to that bookshop and asked for help with getting into the subject of philosophy and what to read, so maybe I'll just have to reread this later?
Maybe the biggest question I have is, can anyone help me understand just what the conclusion truly was? This was undeniably a terrific and interesting read but, I'm left almost winded.