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Works of Love Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 16
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Works of Love Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 16 Hardcover - 1995

by Howard V. Hong; Edna H. Hong


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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.

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If it were true-as conceited shrewdness, proud of not being deceived, thinks-that one should believe nothing which he cannot see by means of his physical eyes, then first and foremost one ought to give up believing in love.

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  • Title Works of Love Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 16
  • Author Howard V. Hong; Edna H. Hong
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Second printing
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Date May 15, 1995
  • ISBN 9780691037929

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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.
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Works of Love : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 16
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Works of Love : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 16

by Kierkegaard, Søren; Hong, Howard V. [Translator]; Hong, Edna H. [Translator];

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