Abraham Sacrificing Isaac. Original oil on canvas by Laurent de La Hyre. Public domain image.
In our next episode, out Tuesday, we take advice from some existentialist philosophers on how to function in an apparently meaningless world.
Reading List:
Genesis 22 (New International Version) – Bible Gateway
Søren Kierkegaard, by William McDonald – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Fear and Trembling, by Søren Kierkegaard – Cambridge University Press
Impossible Ethics: A Response to the Sacrifice of Isaac, by Aaron Hollander – Swarthmore College
Should We Admire Abraham's Willingness to Sacrifice His Son? by Carol Delaney – Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
The Conflict of the Faculties, by Immanuel Kant – University of Nebraska Press
The Gay Science, by Friedrich Nietzsche – HolyBooks.com
The Antichrist, by Friedrich Nietzsche – The Internet Archive
On the Genealogy of Morals, by Friedrich Nietzsche – University of Warsaw
The Stranger, by Albert Camus – The Internet Archive
The Myth Of Sisyphus And Other Essays, by Albert Camus – Dominican House of Studies
Albert Camus and The Myth of Sisyphus, by Svenja Schrahé – Albert Camus Society
Nausea, by Jean-Paul Sartre - Amazon
Existentialism is a Humanism, by Jean-Paul Sartre – Marxists.org
Music Notes (In order of appearance)
Nihilore – The Absurd
Zoliborz – The Secret of Life
Juanitos - Sambarama
“The Absurd” used under an Attribution 3.0 Unported license. “Woke Up Feeling Blessed used under an Attribution 4.0 International license. “The Secret of Life” used under public domain. “Sambarama” used under an Attribution 2.0 France license.