Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI, Volume 16: Works of Love

Søren Kierkegaard

Published by Princeton University Press 1995

Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI, Volume 16

Works of Love

Søren Kierkegaard
Edited by: Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong

Volume 16 in the series Kierkegaard's Writings

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400847013

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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.

Reviews

"The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Historical Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
First Series
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
I. Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognizability by Its Fruits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
II. A. You Shall Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
II. B. You Shall Love the Neighbor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
II. C. You Shall Love the Neighbor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
III. A. Romans 13:10. Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
III. B. Love Is a Matter of Conscience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
IV. Our Duty to Love the People We See Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
V. Our Duty to Remain in Love's Debt to One Another Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Second Series
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
I. Love Builds Up Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
II. Love Believes All Things-and Yet Is Never Deceived Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
III. Love Hopes All Things-and Yet Is Never Put to Shame Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
IV. Love Does Not Seek Its Own Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
V. Love Hides a Multitude of Sins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
VI. Love Abides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
VII. Mercifulness, a Work of Love Even If It Can Give Nothing and Is Able to Do Nothing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
VIII. The Victory of the Conciliatory Spirit in Love, Which Wins the One Overcome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
IX. The Work of Love in Recollecting One Who Is Dead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
X. The Work of Love in Praising Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Supplement
Key to References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
Original Title Pages of Works if Love, First and Second Series Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390
Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Works if Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Editorial Appendix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491
Collation of Works of Love in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499
Bibliographical Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	531
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	563

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