Kierkegaard / Hong Works of Love

Works of Love
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4701-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 16, 584 Seiten

Reihe: Kierkegaard's Writings

The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early Either/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 Love not only serves as an excellent place to begin exploring the writings of Kierkegaard, but also rewards many rereadings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kierkegaard, Søren

Hong, Howard V.

Hong, Edna H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Historical Introduction

Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognition by Its Fruits 5

You Shall Love 17

You Shall Love the Neighbor 44

You Shall Love the Neighbor 61

Romans 13:10. Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law 91

Love Is a Matter of Conscience 135

Our Duty to Love the People We See 154

Our Duty to Remain in Love's Debt to One Another 175

Love Builds Up 209

Love Believes All Things - and Yet Is Never Deceived 225

Love Hopes All Things - and Yet Is Never Put to Shame 246

Love Does Not Seek Its Own 264

Love Hides a Multitude of Sins 280

Love Abides 300

Mercifulness, a Work of Love Even If It Can Give Nothing and Is Able to Do Nothing 315

The Victory of the Conciliatory Spirit in Love, Which Wins the One Overcome 331

The Work of Love in Recollecting One Who Is Dead 345

The Work of Love in Praising Love 359

Conclusion 375

Supplement 387

Key to References 388

Original Title Pages of Works of Love, First and Second Series 390

Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Works of Love 395

Editorial Appendix 489

Acknowledgments 491

Collation of Works of Love in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works 493

Notes 499

Bibliographical Note 529

Index 531

Über Autor(innen)

Howard V. Hong, the former Director of the Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College, is the General Editor of Kierkegaard's Writings. Edna H. Hong is a poet, writer, and translator who has collaborated with Professor Hong on other English translations of Kierkegaard's works.