Works of Love

by Kierkegaard, Soren; Hong, Howard V.; Hong, Edna Hatlestad

• ISBN13: 9780691059167
• ISBN10: 0691059160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-23
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his earlyEither/Or, through "The Diary of the Seducer" and Judge William's eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God's love.Works of Love, the midpoint in the series, is also the monumental high point, because of its penetrating, illuminating analysis of the forms and sources of love. Love as feeling and mood is distinguished from works of love, love of the lovable from love of the unlovely, preferential love from love as the royal law, love as mutual egotism from triangular love, and erotic love from self-giving love.This work is marked by Kierkegaard's Socratic awareness of the reader, both as the center of awakened understanding and as the initiator of action. Written to be read aloud, the book conveys a keenness of thought and an insightful, poetic imagination that make such an attentive approach richly rewarding.Works of Lovenot only serves as an excellent place to begin exploring the writings of Kierkegaard, but also rewards many rereadings.

Table of Contents

Historical Introduction
Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognition by Its Fruits	p. 5
You Shall Love	p. 17
You Shall Love the Neighbor	p. 44
You Shall Love the Neighbor	p. 61
Romans 13	p. 10
Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law	p. 91
Love Is a Matter of Conscience	p. 135
Our Duty to Love the People We See	p. 154
Our Duty to Remain in Love's Debt to One Another	p. 175
Love Builds Up	p. 209
Love Believes All Things - and Yet Is Never Deceived	p. 225
Love Hopes All Things - and Yet Is Never Put to Shame	p. 246
Love Does Not Seek Its Own	p. 264
Love Hides a Multitude of Sins	p. 280
Love Abides	p. 300
Mercifulness, a Work of Love Even If It Can Give Nothing and Is Able to Do Nothing	p. 315
The Victory of the Conciliatory Spirit in Love, Which Wins the One Overcome	p. 331
The Work of Love in Recollecting One Who Is Dead	p. 345
The Work of Love in Praising Love	p. 359
Conclusion	p. 375
Supplement	p. 387
Key to References	p. 388
Original Title Pages of Works of Love, First and Second Series	p. 390
Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Works of Love	p. 395
Editorial Appendix	p. 489
Acknowledgments	p. 491
Collation of Works of Love in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works	p. 493
Notes	p. 499
Bibliographical Note	p. 529
Index	p. 531
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