Works of Love

by Soren Kierkegaard

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

, 1995

Overview

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.

Product Details

• Title: Works of Love
• Author: Soren Kierkegaard
• Series: Kierkegaard’s Writings
• Volume: XVI
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Print Publication Date: 1995
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Love › Religious aspects--Christianity; Spiritual life › Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781400847013, 0691059160, 9780691059167, 9780061301223, 9780061713279, 9780804615341, 9780844623733, 0061301221, 0061713279, 0804615349, 0844623733, 140084701X
• Resource ID: LLS:KKGWRTGS16
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-06T18:43:59Z

About Soren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel; he was also critical of the state and practice of Christianity in his lifetime, primarily that of The Church of Denmark. He is widely considered to be the first existentialist.