"These Christian discourses (which in more than one respect are not, and thus for more than one reason are not called, sermons) are not intended “to fill an idle moment for inquisitiveness.” If, however, just one single sufferer, who perhaps is also going astray in many thoughts, should by means of them find a heavy moment lighter, should find in them a trail leading through the many thoughts, then the author will not regret his intention with them. It is “The Gospel of Sufferings,” not as though the subject were exhausted by these discourses but because each discourse is a draught of this, praise God, inexhaustible supply, not as though the particular discourse were exhaustive but because each discourse still drinks deeply enough to find the joy. S.K. p. 215"
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Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits
Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits (March 13, 1847) by Søren Kierkegaard, copyright 1993 by Howard Hong, Princeton University Press. This book was originally published as Edifying Discourses and was changed to Upbuilding Discourses in 1993 by Howard V Hong.
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