Upbuilding discourses in various spirits
By: by Søren Kierkegaard ; edited and translated with introduction and notes by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong.
Contributors: Hong, Howard Vincent, 1912-; Hong, Edna Hatlestad, 1913-
Series: Kierkegaard's writings ;; 15
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Mercer University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Christian life -- Lutheran authors
Description: "In his praise for Part I of Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, the eminent Kierkegaard scholar Eduard Geismar said, "I am of the opinion that nothing of what he has written is to such a degree before the face of God. Anyone who really wants to understand Kierkegaard does well to begin with it." These discourses, composed after Kierkegaard had initially intended to end his public writing career, constitute the first work of his "second authorship."" "Characterized by Kierkegaard as ethical-ironic, Part One, on the theme of "Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing," offers a penetrating discussion of double-mindedness and ethical integrity; the irony lies in the relation between factuality and ideality. Part Two, "What We Learn from the Lilies in the Field and from the Birds of the Air," is humorous for Kierkegaard in that it exposes an inverted qualitative difference between the learner and the teacher. In Part Three, "The Gospel of Sufferings, Christian Discourses," the philosopher explores the theme of joy, as in "The Joy of It That the School of Sufferings Educates for Eternity.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [404]-[423]) and index.