tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post6327544789717476519..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Kierkegaard on lovebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-13385424668689892972012-07-13T16:16:55.405+01:002012-07-13T16:16:55.405+01:00Gerard - Welcome to commenting.
I'm no Kierke...Gerard - Welcome to commenting.<br /><br />I'm no Kierkegaard expert (trying hard not to have to write about him at the moment, actually), though my supervisor wrote his doctoral thesis on self-love in its relation to love of God and love of neighbour (in the thought of Augustine of Hippo, though Augustine was really quite important for Kierkegaard's thought). If this is a topic you'byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-36246584124184772672012-07-13T11:36:18.370+01:002012-07-13T11:36:18.370+01:00Is not the Word: Love thy neighbour like thyself? ...Is not the Word: Love thy neighbour like thyself? Love for oneself is as important as love for an other person. What Kierkegaard describes does not sound as Love but as Mitleid. (Pity)<br />Many people think Kierkegaard was an important thinker. I disagree with that opinion and think the man was a fruit cake.<br /><br />Gerard KindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-32261729559942960952007-01-29T04:14:00.000+00:002007-01-29T04:14:00.000+00:00Thanks Byron - yes, we are often so self-absorbed,...Thanks Byron - yes, we are often so self-absorbed, unhealthy and taking in our loving. On that note, there is a simple poem in one of my favourite books, Phantastes by George MacDonald, which has something to say about how to go on when love is lost: <br /><br />O light of dead and of dying days! <br />O Love! in thy glory go, <br />In a rosy mist and a moony maze, <br />O'er the pathless peaks Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860216271350147224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-62305651416147125882007-01-28T22:32:00.000+00:002007-01-28T22:32:00.000+00:00Drew - to love in order to forget onself seems to ...Drew - to love in order to forget onself seems to be getting the cart before the horse.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-42984052943063942772007-01-28T21:54:00.000+00:002007-01-28T21:54:00.000+00:00On the kierkegaard quote...
Is this the same as l...On the kierkegaard quote...<br /><br />Is this the same as loving <i>in order to</i> forget oneself? If not, what is the difference?Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-83787860165088466492007-01-28T10:20:00.000+00:002007-01-28T10:20:00.000+00:00yessss...yessss...Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463583064610008901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-28690086823058415952007-01-28T06:06:00.000+00:002007-01-28T06:06:00.000+00:00Andrew: ten points. Well done.Andrew: <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2006/09/pics-and-points.html">ten points</a>. Well done.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75968272710875239482007-01-27T03:03:00.000+00:002007-01-27T03:03:00.000+00:00I'll put in a vote for Clareville ...I'll put in a vote for Clareville ...Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463583064610008901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8927353195044151622007-01-26T23:28:00.000+00:002007-01-26T23:28:00.000+00:00No idea...maybe Church Point?No idea...maybe Church Point?Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-35434604787223159832007-01-26T07:21:00.000+00:002007-01-26T07:21:00.000+00:00I did it just for you, Michael. :-)
Though, no, no...I did it just for you, Michael. :-)<br />Though, no, not Wiseman's Ferry.<br /><br />Charlie - Yes, Pittwater. But the points are still there for the suburb.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68851406634997671382007-01-26T07:01:00.000+00:002007-01-26T07:01:00.000+00:00the suburb is wiseman's ferry.
and this is a pro...the suburb is wiseman's ferry. <br /><br />and this is a proper blog entry - quote and comment!michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-89874833951704103162007-01-26T01:39:00.000+00:002007-01-26T01:39:00.000+00:00A beautiful quote.
Yet how hard it is to really f...A beautiful quote.<br /><br />Yet how hard it is to really forget oneself in love like that! For me, it's camel-needle hard...<br /><br />The photo looks like Pittwater, but no idea which suburb. I'll try Google Earth =)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com