Works of Love by Soren Kierkegaard Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Works of Love
Book Review: Impossible
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is literally impossible. I mean those words in every possible semantic combination. This man's heart has been to places I can only dream of. Every other line I just have to pause to shake my head and wonder how he is even able to see the the things he writes. And then he proceeds to capture these ideas in words. Everything is logically consistent and even harder to do, spiritually consistent. Kierkegaard really clarified for me the battle and the difference between holy, eternal logic versus earthly, temporal logic. I especially like the last 2 chapters: his definitions of transparency and eternal repetition. I get chills thinking about it. Props to the translator. She has done an excellent job and the notes included in the back were not just anecdotes but served to elucidate some of the more difficult ideas.
Overall, I just felt so blessed by this book. I've read my fair share of books and by chapter 2, Works of Love became the best book I had ever read. For anyone reading Kierkegaard, consider also Purity of Heart is to Will one Thing, The Sickness unto Death and the amazing classic Fear and Trembling.
Book Review: Love Is Always and Nevera Question
Summary: 5 Stars
The book is a detailed discussion of Kierkeaard's Works of Love. It is a new copy of M. Jamie Ferreira's 2001 "Love's Grateful Striving. The size of book and print are the same as the hardback which I had borrowed from the library. It arrived within four days. I am enjoying the ability to have my own copy to help read Kierkagaard