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These new translations are excellent. -- "Choice
The decision by Princeton University Press to publish a first paperback edition of the previously difficult to obtain 1993 hardback, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, provides a timely and especially welcome opportunity to review one of Søren Kierkegaard's (1813-55) most pastorally sensitive and lyrically evocative works. -- Simon D. Podmore, European Legacy
The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes. -- "Library Journal
The decision by Princeton University Press to publish a first paperback edition of the previously difficult to obtain 1993 hardback, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, provides a timely and especially welcome opportunity to review one of Søren Kierkegaard's (1813-55) most pastorally sensitive and lyrically evocative works. -- Simon D. Podmore, European Legacy
The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes. -- "Library Journal
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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, "Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing," offers a penetrating discussion of double-mindedness and ethical integrity. Part Two, "What We Learn from the Lilies in the Field and from the Birds of the Air," humorously exposes an inverted qualitative difference between the learner and the teacher. In Part Three, "The Gospel of Sufferings, Christian Discourses," the philosopher explores how joy can come out of suffering.
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A master of edification (or upbuilding), Mar 7 2011
By Arlice Davenport - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Kierkegaard's Writings, XV: Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits (Paperback)
These upbuilding discourses display Kierkegaard's prowess as a spiritual writer. Although he goes to extreme lengths to make the reader aware that he does not possess "authority," that is, he does not write with the authority of an ordained minister, Kierkegaard nevertheless remained a preacher at heart. And his upbuilding (or edifying) writings carry all the weight of eloquent, lyrical and hard-hitting sermons.His concern throughout consistently focuses on "that single individual," the ideal reader, who will act on Kierkegaard's prompting to live as a particular self before the Eternal, taking seriously his or her responsibility to do all and to suffer all for the Good -- and to undertake this task with the urgency that comes at life's 11th hour.
Eternity is serious business for Kierkegaard, and you can't escape his demanding call to earnestness as you read these discourses.
"Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing" ranks as the crowning upbuilding discourse of Kierkegaard's so-called "second authorship," in which he wrote specifically religious or Christians addresses in his own name. That edifying gem is included in this collection, and is alone worth the price of the book, translated by Edna and Howard Hong.
The Hongs' heroic undertaking of translating and annotating all of Kierkegaard's writing deserves nearly as much acclaim as do Kierkegaard's penetrating insights into the human condition. The Hongs' translations are engaging, thoughtful and thoroughly documented. Their expertise adds deeply to the readers' understanding of the complex, original and far-reaching ideas of Soren Kierkegaard, the greatest philosopher of the 19th century, and, in my view, the greatest Christian philosopher.
If you want to come to know Kierkegaard the preacher, whose sensitivity to his readers' (or hearers') eternal vocation is genuinely heartfelt, there is no better place to start than with the "Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits."
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PURITY OF HEART IS TO WILL ONE THING, Sep 18 2010
By James L. Park "James Leonard Park" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kierkegaard's Writings, XV: Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits (Paperback)
Soren KierkegaardPurity of Heart is to Will One Thing
A couple of good translations are available, including:
Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits
Kierkegaard's Writings, XV
Translated by Howard & Edna Hong.
(Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1993) 442 pages
(ISBN: 0-691-03274-2; hardback)
(Library of Congress call number: BV4505.K4613 1993)
Purity of Heart is the first of these discourses.
Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing
Translated by Douglas Steere
(New York: Harper & Row, 1956--and later reprints) 220 pages
(ISBN: 0061300047)
In this meditative book,
SK explores how we might become more single-minded.
This is the first book to present the concept now called Authenticity.
In fact, the Kierkegaard chapter in
"Becoming More Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism"
is largely an interpretation of this small book by SK.
Chapter 19 is called: Soren Kierkegaard: Willing One Thing.
Details can be found by searching the Internet for that exact title:
"Becoming More Authentic: The Positive Side of Existentialism".
Similar books will be found by searching the Internet for:
"Authenticity Bibliography".
Purity of Heart is also reviewed in another Internet Bibliography:
"Books on Existential Spirituality".
James Leonard Park, existential philosopher.
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