Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Historical Introduction ix
4. First Series
5. Preface 3
6. I. Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognizability by Its Fruits 5
7. II. A. You Shall Love 17
8. II. B. You Shall Love the Neighbor 44
9. II. C. You Shall Love the Neighbor 61
10. III. A. Romans 13:10. Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law 91
11. III. B. Love Is a Matter of Conscience 135
12. IV. Our Duty to Love the People We See 154
13. V. Our Duty to Remain in Love's Debt to One Another 175
14. Second Series
15. Preface 207
16. I. Love Builds Up 209
17. II. Love Believes All Things-and Yet Is Never Deceived 225
18. III. Love Hopes All Things-and Yet Is Never Put to Shame 246
19. IV. Love Does Not Seek Its Own 264
20. V. Love Hides a Multitude of Sins 280
21. VI. Love Abides 300
22. VII. Mercifulness, a Work of Love Even If It Can Give Nothing and Is Able to Do Nothing 315
23. VIII. The Victory of the Conciliatory Spirit in Love, Which Wins the One Overcome 331
24. IX. The Work of Love in Recollecting One Who Is Dead 345
25. X. The Work of Love in Praising Love 359
26. Conclusion 375
27. Supplement
28. Key to References 388
29. Original Title Pages of Works if Love, First and Second Series 390
30. Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Works if Love 395
31. Editorial Appendix
32. Acknowledgments 491
33. Collation of Works of Love in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works 493
34. Notes 499
35. Bibliographical Note 529
36. Index 531
37. Backmatter 563