Works of Love
Søren Kierkegaard (HarperCollins Publishers: March 2009), 400 pages.One of Soren Kierkegaard’s most important writings, Works of Love is a profound examination of the human heart, in which the great philosopher conducts the reader into the inmost secrets of Love. "Deep within every man," Kierkegaard writes, "there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the household of millions upon millions." Love, for Kierkegaard, is one of the central aspects of existence; it saves us from isolation and unites us with one another and with God. This new edition of Works of Love features an original foreword by Kierkegaard scholar George Pattison. ~ Product Description
Table of Contents
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- 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