Only foolishness speaks of love this way as if there were an essential difference between the laws requirements fordring and love, which there certainly is, but not in love, in which the fulfillment is altogether one and the same aldeles eet og det samme with the requirement. Kierkegaard s writing is rich in content but can be tough ploughing for many. Starting from soren kierkegaards insight that fully accepting the human condition requires one to live. Despite the collegiate pressure cooker of parental expectations, peer assumptions, and social norms, in kierkegaard s texts students encounter an enigmatic thinker who invites them to devote their lives entirely to becoming a self by developing a personality and character that are not mere reflections of what they take for granted, but radical. Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. Elsewhere, kierkegaard wrote that to love human beings is still the only thing worth living for. They describe parallel evolutions within the two cultures, and how innovatively these independent civilisations developed their own categories and myths to explain. His father, regine, and socrates were the major influences in his life. Conjugal love is narrated by silvio baldeschi, a dilettante sufficiently well off to lead a life of leisure with some literary aspirations. A subjectivity that faces the existential despair kierkegaard believed was at the core of. Works of love, the midpoint in the series, is also the monumental high point, because of its penetrating, illuminating analysis of the forms and. The book is the first of kierkegaards works written pseudonymously, a practice. Conjugal love was written in the original italian lamore conjugale, by alberto moravia in 1947. Delights of wisdom relating to conjugial love, followed by pleasures of insanity relating to licentious, that includes several different types of very useful indexes and other informative text is also included.
For both the sensualist and the intellectualist, inward existence and commitment are accidental and. The second authorship kierkegaards authorship from 1846 to. He transformed the question into a revolutionary book, eitheror, published anonymously as enteneller in 1943. In works of love kierkegaard methodically treats several biblical aspects of spiritual love in relation to erotic love and friendship. Emotions and human nature in neoconfucian thought basic terms and notions concerning the idea of love chinese notions ascribable to the concepts of love passions and love passion qing qing. Kierkegaard and problem self love nineteenthcentury.
Kierkegaard and the ancient quest for emotional integrity furtak. Kierkegaard s most important book, eitheror, was published at his own expense in 1843 and sold a mere 525 copies. And yet embedded within his writings and journals are metaphors and truths so deep and vivid, they can overwhelm you with an almost blinding clarity about the life of true discipleship. She obliged, but kierkegaard quickly seized the music book and exclaimed.
Full text of a kierkegaard anthology internet archive. Kierkegaard s god and the good life focuses on faith and love, two central topics in kierkegaard s writings, to grapple with complex questions at the intersection of religion and ethics. Love conjoined to dutycommmitment is more majestic than brief romantic affairs. Love has no why, is essential to marriage, is a holy estate established by god. Rather than attempting a metaphysics on the nature of love as an abstract concept, which has often been the task of theologians and philosophers, strawser takes a phenomenological approach to the consciousness of the lover and beloved. Soren kierkegaard s works of love 1847, a series of deliberations on the. The theology of the body human love in the divine plan. Jan 09, 2020 a collection of books and writings by soren kierkegaard.
Soren kierkegaard 1855 continues to exercise a wide influence on philosophy, literature, and theology. When i was married in 1973 i was given a book called marriage love by swedenborg which had a long title like this edition of conjugial love. May 07, 2020 clare carlisles wonderful new biography of soren kierkegaard is not an easy read. Works of love by kierkegaard, soren and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
If you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. It will influence readers to become enthusiastic students of his christcentered thought. Suggestions regarding this list should be sent to charles bellinger. This new edition of works of love features an original introduction by oxford theologian george pattison.
It alludes to the song of solomon or song of songs, where king solomon is shown disguising himself as a shepherd to win the heart of a shulamite woman. It is one of the works which he published under his own name, as opposed to his more famous pseudonymous works. The great danish philosopher soren kierkegaard never married, but he anguished for years over the existential personal puzzle of love and marriage. The life of a philosopher for whom life was the main. She is the author of multiple books on kierkegaard, most recently the new biography philosopher of the heart. Pseudonym a of eitheror volume i, attacks the concepts of marital love, religious love, the conventions of. If a book has more than one printing or edition, only the first is listed. In this book kierkegaard reflects on the strangeness, yet appropriateness, of being commanded to love on the christian duty to love to love god, to love our neighbor, and to love ourselves.
Via marriage, the divine has taken erotic love and made it a matter of. Sren kierkegaard 181855 foresaw, the power of mass culture to numb the human spirit has only waxed in strength and virulence. Hinter jedem fall steckt eine einzigartige geschichte. Kierkegaard s last pseudonymous works were sickness unto death 1849 and practice in christianity 1850, both written under the pseudonym anticlimacus but published with kierkegaard s own name appended as editor on the title page.
Love as a gift from god love as conquest of conjugal transfigurated love first love love as a choice. Works of love, the midpoint in the series, is also the monumental high point, because of its penetrating, illuminating analysis of the forms. Marriage and domestic partnership stanford encyclopedia of. Kjerlighedens gjerninger is a work by soren kierkegaard written in 1847. The account understands the relation humans have with a. While this is certainly not romantic, he believes it is what saves the christian from despair. This book is an outstanding addition to kierkegaard publications. There is a wide range of illustrative material here from the writings of soren kierkegaard to the ploys of pickup artists to the conjugal love of swedenborg to the kind of relationship described in the orthodox church ritual called adelphopoiesis. Works of love, the midpoint in the series, is also the monumental high point, because of its penetrating, illuminating analysis of.
Kierkegaard on inexhaustible, indescribable love and. Adler, claimed to have experienced a revelation in which christ dictated a new doctrine. Christian views on marriage involve love as being central to the marriage relationship, just as christianity views love as central to human life and human. Christian love, kierkegaard argues, which is to be identified as the true form of love, has nothing to do with those aesthetic poets.
Paul says that love is patient and kind, and then describes what love does. Here, leading scholars reflect on kierkegaard s understanding. That is the case with the conjugal domestic kiss, by which husband and wife, for eitheror, a fragment of life 63 i 371 i 372 i 383 ebscohost printed on 11292020 10. Regarding love for enemies, jesus is quoted in the gospel of matthew chapter five. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food. Apr 28, 2020 kierkegaard, called the father of existentialism, pondered what it means to be human in the world. The book on adler soren kierkegaard kierkegaard was driven to write the book on adler after news spread that a danish pastor, adolph p. Authentic love, kierkegaard, and u2 psychology today. I found that even though kierkegaard had died in 1855 his works werent translated into english until 1938 and beyond. Squashed philosophers complete text kierkegaard either or.
Kierkegaard begins with the paradox of love s character as both hidden and yet bearing fruit in works of love. Its text is that as against god we are always in the wrong, and the tenor of it, only that truth which edifies is truth for you. For kierkegaard love as a duty is rooted in the eternal, in god. The life of a philosopher for whom life was the main question.
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. The philosophies of love and despair in kierkegaards early. This is because he dramatized with special intensity the conflict between religion and secular reason, between private faith and the public world, and he went so far as to entertain the thought that a genuine reconciliation between them is impossible. My depression is the most faithful mistress i have known no wonder, then, that i return the love. It was first translated into english in 1951, and has since a new.
One of kierkegaard s central writings, works of love is a profound and indispensible examination of the human heart, in which the great philosopher conducts the reader into the inmost secrets of love. Conjugal love refers to love in a conjugal relationship, that is, in a marriage, since the word conjugal is defined as related to the relationship between married partners. A love toward things modeled in part upon hegels freedom toward the object and kierkegaard s sermon on our love for the dead involves a subject who practices a respectful restraint toward the. Aaron paul leads an allstar cast in the black book audio drama. Inspire a love of reading with amazon book box for kids. Mar 16, 2015 in this book kierkegaard reflects on the strangeness, yet appropriateness, of being commanded to love on the christian duty to love to love god, to love our neighbor, and to love ourselves. Kierkegaard s archenemy, the hegelian rationalist, also falls victim to the latter expression. I have been reading some of his books as they were written, in danish, and i can imagine that translators must have had a hard job.
It is about the ethicals superiority over eitheror part 2 was very difficult for me to work my way through and required concerted effort, over and over again. Christian love is eternal and, therefore, never perishes. It lists books on kierkegaard in english from 1960 to 2005. Works of love is argumentdriven and therefore fits well into our modern day backandforth between secular and religious perspectives. Soren kierkegaard was the first existentialist philosopher, sharp and clear, ironic and down to earth at the same time. Clare carlisle is a reader in philosophy and theology at kings college london. Kierkegaard and the philosophy of love reading religion. Kierkegaard s solution to the problem posed by the poets view of love involves a similar sort of. Click get books and find your favorite books in the online library. Moreover, kierkegaard claims that authentic love involves selfrenunciation and perseverance. We cannot guarantee that love s only deception book is in the library. Conjugal love refers to love in a conjugal relationship, that is, in a marriage, since the word conjugal is defined as related to the relationship between married partners marriage does not necessarily involve love between the partners. Both works constitute a radical demonstration of the christian ideal.
It is one of the works which he published under his own name. Top 10 books by soren kierkegaard best book recommendations. The spiritual journey of u2, steve stockman says that u2 inhabits that dangerous and exhilarating space that connects spiritual and physical, mortal and divine. Kierkegaard was a feudmongering eccentric so derided in his native copenhagen that people would tease him in the street. Mar 07, 2019 in that book, the young man never fully becomes religious, despite giving up his one true love for the sake of his relationship with god. Instead, the anthology aims to reproduce kierkegaard s body of work as a whole, leading the reader to the various important parts of kierkegaard s major works. Kierkegaard deals with selflove and its inherent problems, the categorical imperative and the you shall love command, the problem with preferential love such as erotic love and friendship, the importance in distinguishing between true others and the otherself, etc.
The danish philosopher soren kierkegaard 181855 stresses this important point in works of love. I was looking for a section at the end for the insanity, but the contents by swedenborg had a mixed bag of topics running into each other because purity needs to segregate itself from common abominations. For soren kierkegaard, passion and pleasure are at the heart of romantic. The human embrace the love of philosophy and the philosophy. The best books on kierkegaard five books expert recommendations.
Insofar as the other gods or men detected the power of erotic love in themselves, they attributed it to eros, traced it back to him, but eros himself did not fall in love, and if it did happen to him once, it was an exception. Kierkegaard on inexhaustible, indescribable love the book haven. Kierkegaard and the ancient quest for emotional integrity furtak, rick anthony on. Written by noted scholars, these books will outline the context, methodology, organizing principles, primary contributions, and key writings of people who have shaped theology as we know it today. Michael strawsers book, kierkegaard and the philosophy of love, is an important contribution to understanding the universal human experience of love. A collection of books and writings by soren kierkegaard. Pdf love s only deception download full ebooks for free. In his book works of love, the 19th century danish philosopher soren.
This is followed by critiques of kierkegaards views of selflove and the love of god that are incompatible with the understanding of love as erotic reduction that strawser is developing. 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. Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free. Selections from the writings of kierkegaard project gutenberg. I suspect that there is something of an object lesson that kierkegaard has included in this book. Pauline books and media, boston, 25102, 443492, 1997. The love revolution in marriage dates popularly to the 18 th century coontz. Becoming two in love kierkegaard irigaray and the ethics. You have heard that it was said, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. Christianity teaches that love is a relationship between mangodwoman, that is, that god is the middle term. Philosopher professor clare carlisle picks the best kierkegaard books. The book examines four important aspects of love present in kierkegaard. The philosophical investigation of love includes the tasks of distinguishing between the various kinds of personal love, asking if and how love is or can be justified, asking what the value of love is, and what impact love has on the autonomy of both the lover and the beloved. Soren kierkegaard and loving aesthetically springerlink.
Download full love s only deception book or read online anytime anywhere, available in pdf, epub and kindle. The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for kierkegaard, beginning with his earlyeitheror, through the diary of the seducer and judge williams eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of gods love. Love, for kierkegaard, is one of the central aspects of existence. Kierkegaard writes about the broken engagement, and even reproduces wordforword the note he sent to regine when he returned her ring. Jan 21, 2010 she structures her discussion in an interesting, if unexpected way. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of strong attraction and emotional.
Kierkegaard is not usually thought of as a spiritual writer but, by drawing from the texts nearest and dearest to kierkegaard s heart, evans creates a good case for seeing kierkegaard as a humanist, christian, and deeply spiritual guide to authentic living through accountability. This book is an amazing compilation of hardhitting, devotionallycatalytic writings from the melancholy dane. Kierkegaard presents a form of divine command theory of moral obligation similar to accounts developed by robert adams and philip quinn. The book contains eighteen excerpts from kierkegaard s major works which cover too many topics to be generally summarized here. In that book, the young man never fully becomes religious, despite giving up his one true love for the sake of his relationship with god. Enten eller is the first published work of the danish philosopher soren. Daniel taylor, author, the myth of certainty i discover in kierkegaard an honesty, passion, and insight into the hu man condition and the life of faith that speaks to my deepest needs. Love itself is a hidden in the lives and actions of individuals, and therefore much of our rhetoric about love. Kierkegaard faith and love nineteenthcentury philosophy. China paolo santangelo introductory notes 1 emotions and love.
This debut work immediately captivated readers, and would turn out to be not only his. Nineteenthcentury philosopher soren kierkegaard wrote the following parable, which has been widely circulated. Feb 28, 2021 works of love is a work by soren kierkegaard written in 1847. Deep within every man, kierkegaard writes, there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgo. Worldly wisdom thinks that love is a relationship between man and woman. In works of love 1847, soren kierkegaard, a philosopher, claimed that christianity is unique because love is a requirement. This is consistent with saint paul in the socalled love chapter of 1corinthians. This can happen because christian love transforms erotic love and friendship p. It is not a feel good book but one that might leave you wondering whether you really have loved at all, or loved well. In this fine and comprehensive book, strawser shows how love stiches a self together and threads out to gently pull in friends and loved ones, giving verve and traction to a life. This is a vivid account of love and the story of how love becomes the lodestone of kierkegaard s varied and voluminous writing.
Kierkegaards judge williams defense of marriage eitheror, 1843, vol. At the very end of the book kierkegaard, flying his true colors, places a sermon as an ultimatum, purporting to have been written by a pastor on the jutish heath. Square, unmarked copy with two bonding cracks in text, four pages are loose up to one inch from spine, pages are tanned, no lamination, light reading crease on both covers, other cover creases, chipping along spine. Bruce rogers is a premium quality hard back book, titled.
Love itself is a hidden in the lives and actions of individuals, and therefore much of our rhetoric about love is superficial and selfish. Works of love is a searching exploration of the distinctive and demanding character of christian love. I was delighted as i started reading this book that i could give it out to friends who would enjoy it and benefit from it. To overcome this despair and become a fulfilled individual, kierkegaard recommended a leap into marriage and faith. His books include works of love and spiritual writings translated and edited. Throughout this book kierkegaard tells what love must do, but does not define love outrightly. Romantic loving religious sphere erotic love subjective truth high sphere. Soren kierkegaard 181855 lived in copenhagen, denmark. The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for kierkegaard, beginning with his early eitheror, through the diary of the seducer and judge williams eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of gods love. God is unchanging, according to kierkegaard, unlike our emotions. When over the years the distinction has been lost in this relationship,the kiss has lost its meaning. Nov 10, 2016 kierkegaard is widely considered the most important religious thinker of the modern age.
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