Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI, Volume 16

Works of Love

Søren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781400847013
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy of Religion

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.

EDITORIAL APPENDIX

Acknowledgments

Collation of Works of Love
in the Danish Editions of
Kierkegaard’s Collected Works

Notes

Bibliographical Note

Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Preparation of manuscripts for Kierkegaard’s Writings during 1978-1990 was supported by genuinely enabling grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grants included gifts from the Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond, the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Augustinus Fond, the Carlsberg Fond, the Jorck Fond, and the Lutheran Brotherhood Foundation. Preparation of the present volume has also been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The translators-editors are indebted to Grethe Kjaer and Julia Watkin for their knowledgeable observations on crucial concepts and terminology.

Per Lønning, Wim R. Scholtens, and Sophia Scopetéa, members of the International Advisory Board for Kierkegaard’s Writings, have given valuable criticism of the manuscript on the whole and in detail. Elsebet Jegstrup helpfully read the manuscript. Regine Prenzel-Guthrie and Kathryn Hong, associate editors for KW, scrutinized the entire manuscript. The index was prepared by Regine Prenzel-Guthrie.

Acknowledgment is made to Gyldendals Forlag for permission to absorb notes in Søren Kierkegaards samlede Værker and Søren Kierkegaards Papirer.

Inclusion in the Supplement of entries from Søren Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers is by arrangement with Indiana University Press.

The book collection and the microfilm collection of the Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, were used in preparation of the text, Supplement, and Editorial Appendix. Gregor Malantschuk’s annotated set of Søren Kierkegaards samlede Værker was used in the preparation of the volume.

Matters concerning the electronic manuscript were handled by Francesca Lane Rasmus. The volume was guided through the press by Marta Nussbaum Steele.

COLLATION OF WORKS OF LOVE IN THE DANISH EDITIONS OF KIERKEGAARD’S COLLECTED WORKS

Vol IX	Vol IX	Vol 12
Ed 1	Ed 2	Ed 3
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7	11	9
8	12	10
9	13	11
10	14	11
11	15	12
12	16	13
13	17	14
14	18	15
15	20	16
16	21	17
17	22	18
18	23	19
19	24	20
20	25	21
21	27	23
22	27	23
23	29	24
24	30	25
25	31	26
26	32	27
27	33	28
28	35	29
29	36	30
30	37	31
31	38	32
32	39	33
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