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Abraham and Existentialism. This paper discusses the story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. It discusses the essence of Existentialism. One of Jean-Paul's philosophy statements can be found: An act of freedom is any act that was necessary and had sufficient conditions of that action did not exist in the events preceding the action. Perhaps by offering the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham liberated himself and Isaac by making the extreme sacrifice. Once the offer was done, then God could set them free in a physical meaning as well as a scriptural setting free. "There is no ethical suspension but only a ethical revelation on the part of God toward man. Abraham knows that the command had come from God. And in knowing this he obeyed God rather than disobey on the grounds of his own ethics, he knew the ethics of God are much higher than his own-he knew God was God" (McMahon 2).
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