Either/Or posits a dichotomy of moral attitudes that represents the ethical climate of the time, when enlightenment ideals have already been in full effect. By publishing Fear and Trembling, he is suggesting that the aesthetic and the ethical posited in Either/Or is in fact a false dichotomy. True fulfillment in life is found in an ancient moral attitude, that of faith as he explicates the Abraham story to show what living by faith means.[^1] "He who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all."[^2] [^1]: [[Stephen Hicks]], "3. Kierkegaard," *The Philosophy of Ethics*, Peterson Academy. [^2]: Soren Kierkegaard, *Fear and Trembling*.