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Fear and Trembling up to Boston
Today檚 cool morning air was a great relief from yesterday檚 beating sun. After last night檚 break from the books to practice swing dancing, students on the New England High School Summer Program turned their minds back to their studies this morning after breakfast.
For the day檚 only class, the programmers read S酶ren Kierkegaard檚 Fear and Trembling, which considers four dramatizations of the story of Abraham and Isaac to contemplate the greatness of Abraham檚 faith. Tutors challenged Kierkegaard檚 position, leading students to ponder what made Abraham so great in Kierkegaard檚 eyes.
Sections considered Kierkegaard檚 four retellings of the trip to Mt. Moriah, where Abraham intended to sacrifice Isaac as the Lord had commanded. 淓ach of the four stories had some failing in either Abraham or Isaac, said attendee Mary B. 淏ut those failings aren檛 present in Scripture, and so it seems to highlight how great Abraham was. But Kierkegaard檚 admiration for the patriarch檚 faith verges on the extreme. 淗e talks about Abraham檚 faith as thought it was unreasonable, said Naomi P. 淗e used the word 榩reposterous, as though that was what made it so great.
Students will continue to ponder that seeming conflict between faith and reason later in the Summer Program, but today they are taking a break from the usual two-class schedule, clearing the afternoon for a day trip to Boston! Students and prefects gathered in Gould Hall after class, where they played foosball and chatted while waiting for the buses to arrive to ferry them to 渢he Cradle of Liberty.
Please check out the Summer Program Blog tomorrow to read all about their trip!