Works of Love(english title -- perhaps also nothing?) (Kjerlighedens Gjerninger) is a work by Søren Kierkegaard (1847) dealing primarily with Christianlove. Kierkegaard uses this value / virtue to understand the existence and relationship of man. He grounds his reasoning both in the philosophy of Existentialism (which he plays no small role in founding) and a high level of theology citing the scriptures of the Christian Bible. Many of the chapters take a mention of love from the New Testament and center reflections about the transcendental quality of philosophy. Since human experience is a key to understanding Kierkegaard, the actual relationships and experiences of disciples and of Christ are characterized here as tangible models for behavior. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: ) (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a 19th-century Danish philosopher and theologian, generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as Christ. ... Love is a profound feeling of tender affection for or intense attraction to another. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ... John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ... This page is about the title or the Divine Person. For the Christian figure, see Jesus. ...
It remains important to note that Kirkegaard as a Christian ethicist (represented by this work) is likely to be considered distinct from many ways in which the religion's mainstream seems to function from the viewpoint of an outside observer. This is not only a function of his seemingly paradoxical Christian existentialism but also of his time period and political events occurring in his native Denmark. Christian existentialism is a school of thought founded by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. ...
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Part One - Topics include: Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognisability by its Fruits, You shall love, You shall love your Neighbour, Love is the Fulfilling of the Law, Love is a Matter of Conscience, Our Duty to Love Those We See, and Our Duty to be in the Debt of Love to Each Other
Part Two - Topics include: Love Builds up, Love Believes all Things and Yet is Never Deceived, Love Hopes all Things and Yet is Never Put to Shame, Love Seeks Not its Own, Love Abides, Mercifulness, a Work of Love, Even if it Can Give Nothing and Is Capable of Doing Nothing, The Victory of Reconciliation in Love Which Wins the Vanquished, The work of Love in Remembering One Dead, and The Work of Love in Praising Love
Love for the neighbor, that is, for all men, is selfless love, and though commanded, is made free since it is in no way visceral or directly connected to the lover, as in self-love.
Love to one's neighbor has the perfection of the eternal—this is perhaps why at times it seems to fit in so imperfectly with earthy relationships and with earthy temporal distinctions, why it is easily misunderstood and exposed to hate, and why in any case it is very thankless to love one's neighbor (p.
Love is a matter of conscience and thus is not a matter of impulse and inclination or a matter of feeling or a matter of intellectual calculation.
Love transcends, love creates a new space in which the artist, the viewer and the world of art all co-exist and move beyond boundaries.
Love is the motivating force for the scientific quest and when it is absent science becomes sterile.
Then, as the alchemical heat of love increases, through the yellow daybreak and on to the final stage when the white moon is raised to the condition of the golden sun and the King and Queen, spirit and matter, unite in the final mystical marriage.
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