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- Title
To Be(come) Love Itself: Charity as Acquired Originality.
- Authors
Green, Deidre Nicole
- Abstract
In 1849, Kierkegaard published The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Devotional Discourses, which were closely followed by two discourses on the woman who was a sinner, published in 1849 and 1850. I argue that these discourses are intended to set the stage to learn how to embody Christian love from the woman. Kierkegaard's claims about what is required to teach Christian virtue imply that the woman becomes more than loving, she becomes love. I explore his notion of acquired originality and how applied philosophical concepts such as automaticity and skillful coping elucidate this notion.
- Subjects
ORIGINALITY; CHARITY; AIRPORTS; AUTOMATICITY (Learning process)
- Publication
Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 1, p217
- ISSN
1430-5372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/kierke-2019-0009