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79 that simple wise man] Socrates.
79 “in order to justify himself”] Luke 10:29.
79 God takes the wise] I Corinthians 3:19.
81 “Christ was the end of the law”] Romans 10:4.
81 “No one could convict Him”] John 8:46.
81 “there was no deceit”] I Peter 2:22.
82 even when He wept] Luke 19:41-42.
82 “Mary has chosen the better part”] Luke 10:42.
82 with a glance rebuked] Luke 22:6.
82 who gladly left their homes] Luke 10:17.
82 when He found them sleeping] Matthew 26:40.
82 pointed to His disciple] Matthew 12:49.
82 when He could no longer work] John 9:4.
85 “a shadow of things to come”] Colossians 2:17.
86 Paul says in another place] I Timothy 1:5.
88 whether each individual] See Thoughts on Crucial Situations in Human Life, pp. 44-45. Trans. by David F. Swenson, Augsburg Publishing House, 1941.
90 “Get thee behind me”] Matthew 16:23.
91 as wandering sheep] Matthew 10:16.
92 will first and foremost belong to God] This same thought has been beautifully expressed by Christina Rossetti:
This say I, having counted up the cost,
This, though I be the feeblest of God’s host;
The sorriest sheep Christ shepherds with His crook:
Yet, while I love my God the most, I deem
That I can never love you overmuch;
I love Him more, so let me love you too.
Yea, as I apprehend it, love is such
I cannot love you if I love not Him,
I cannot love Him, if I love not you.
94 “without God in the world”] Ephesians 2:12.
95 great matchless undertaking] a sly allusion to Grundtvig’s matchless discovery.
96 when a great number do wrong] See note on “That Individual” in The Point of View, pp. 112-14. Trans. by Walter Lowrie, Oxford University Press, 1939.
100 “weary of his groaning”] Psalms 6:7.
100 unhappy Sara] Tobit 3:1.
105 compare himself to a “gadfly”] Plato, Apology, 31; Sml. Pap. VII 1. A. 69; The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, ¶577. Trans. by Alexander Dru, Oxford University Press, 1938.
105 “something divine”] the voice which Socrates said came to him from the oracle. Plato, Apology, 31.
109 could already read long before it could spell] This passage emphasizes the contrast in educational methods between Kierkegaard’s time and our own.
110 that divine elixir] ἰχώρ which prolonged life indefinitely. Homer, Iliad, V, 340.
110 a people of priests] II Peter 2:5, 9.
110 a point outside the world] referring to the demand of Archimedes for a point on which to rest his lever.
110 the mountain which brought forth a mouse] Horace, Ars Poetica, 139. “The mountains will be in labor; an absurd mouse will be born.”
112 “with your conscience”] See note for page 88.
117 secret of inwardness] See Concluding Unscientific Postscript, pp. 362, 370-71. Trans. by David F. Swenson, Princeton University Press, 1941.
117 “mystery of faith”] I Timothy 3:9.
118 the twelve legions of angels] Matthew 26:53; Luke 9:55.
120 a bound heart] See sermon by Phillips Brooks, “The Law of Liberty.”
125 “it is not good for man to be alone”] Genesis 2:18.
126 Jesus says to Simon Peter] John 21:15 ff.
127 “groans against” men] James 5:9.
130 “Corban”] Mark 7:11.
131 mountain of Venus] In his Papiren VIII 1. A. 17, Kierkegaard says: “There is something very profound in what is told about the Mountain of Venus, in that he who went to it, could never find his way back. There is always that difficulty in finding the way back from pleasure.” According to mediaeval legend, Tannhauser is supposed to be the only one who ever found his way back.
136 the thought that your blood] Matthew 27:25.
137 the inhumanity of a raging mob] See note on “That Individual,” Point of View, pp. 114-16.
140 no one ascends to heaven] John 3:13.
142 simple wise man of old] Plato, Symposium, 204. The remark, however, was made by Diotima, not Socrates.
150 “salute no man on the way”] Luke 10:4.
153 “tribute to whom tribute is due”] Romans 13:7.
155 “Marvel not at this”] I John 3.13.
159 the early Church Fathers] St. Augustine, City of God, 19:25.
161 offense and foolishness] I Corinthians 1:13.
161 as Christ early commended Himself] John 16:2.
162 on “du” terms] the continental second person singular pronoun used in the address of familiarity.
162 Woe to the one] Matthew 18:7.
170 feeding the multitude] Matthew 14:13-21.
171 and “digged deep”] Luke 6:48.
171 “how high will he be able to build his tower”] Luke 14:28 ff.
172 nothing, which can (not) be said or done] The text reads, “so that it becomes edifying”; there is evidently the omission of a “not” here, which has been indicated in the translation.
172 “Do everything for edification”] I Corinthians 14:26.
172 no word in the language] Another evident omission of a “not” which changes the intended meaning.
173 speak with the tongues of men] I Corinthians 13:1.
173 the emptiest of all speeches] The Danish word used is uudtømmeligste, which means “inexhaustible”; the word apparently intended is from utømme—“to drain” or “empty,” hence “emptiest.”
176 to rule one’s own spirit] Proverbs 16:32.
176 The one who loves much] Luke 7:47.
178 as a devout man has said] Abraham a Sancta Clara, an Austrian divine. See Sml. Pap. VII 1. A. 41.
187 “feared most of all”] Socrates. Plato, Apology, 29.
188 warn against judging] Matthew 7:1.
200 all its walls are mirrors] like the Hall of Mirrors in the palace at Versailles.
209 paganism and Christianity are agreed] referring to Pandora’s box, in which only hope was left.
212 which shall not be put to shame] Philippians 1:20.
214 perfect even as He is perfect] Matthew 5:48.
214 only One who is good] Matthew 19:17.
217 “All things are yours”] I Corinthians 3:21.
217 he who loses his soul] Luke 17:33.
219 the greatest tyrant] the Roman emperor Domitian. Suetonius, Domitian, chap. 3.
223 the strange word by which it is called] irony.
224 that noble wise man himself says] Plato, Theaetetus, 151; see Philosophical Fragments, p. 15.
227 “Love gives fearlessness”] I John 4:17.
228 “out of the eater came forth meat”] Samson’s riddle, Judges 14:14.
228 In the Scriptures we read] Luke 7:47.
229 the dog that discovered purple] Pollux, Onomasticon, I, 45-6.
231 a child in malice] I Corinthians 14:20.
232 a divine madness] Plato, Phaedrus, 244; Fear and Trembling, p. 30. Trans. by Walter Lowrie, Princeton University Press, 1941.
233 “forsaken, hated, bearing His cross”] Kingo’s psalm, “Under Jesus’ Cross.”
233 in the fiery furnace] Daniel 3:21-30.
239 is hidden behind His back] Isaiah 38:17.
240 faith is the substance] Hebrews 11:1.
240 The Scriptures teach] Romans 7:8.
241 one must still wait for one thing, the occasion] S.K. had reflected much upon the “occasion,” as such. See Either/Or, I, 192-95.
249 more gloriously than did that Roman] Quintus Fabius Maximus, the “Delayer.”
255 “But to do good”] Hebrews 13:16.
255 must “groan against”] James 5:9.
255 Woe to the one] Matthew 23:14.
255 “hinder our prayers”] I Peter 3:7.
256 the good Samaritan] Luke 10:30 ff.
257 the story about the woman] Luke 21:1 ff.
258 that foreign prince] Jugurtha. Sallust, Jugurtha, 3:5.
259 would not take money] Socrates. Plato, Apology, 19, 39.
259 the apostle Paul] I Thessalonians 2:6.
260 A pagan emperor] Vespasian Suetonius, Vespasian, 23.
260 a sweet savor] II Corinthians 2:15.
261 Lazarus was laid] Luke 16:20.
263 a picture which represents a brave sailor] Commander P. R. Sølling. The lithograph was popular in S.K.’s time.
266 It is told of the apostle Peter] Acts 3:1 ff.
268 “And having done all, to stand”] Ephesians 6:13.
268 Paul says in another place] Romans 8:37.
269 unlike that Greek commander] Pyrrhus.
271 The words read] Matthew 5:23.
272 the Scriptures say] Matthew 5:25.
272 who through the apostle] II Corinthians 5:20.
280 “Weep then softly over the dead”] Wisdom of Sirach 22:12.
280 “If I forget thee”] Psalms 137:5-6.
283 as the widow did the judge] Luke 18:2-3.
292 for what (I) cannot do, I can leave to him] The text reads, “for what He cannot do, I can leave to Him,” which is obviously an error.
294 being able himself to do anything] See Edifying Discourses, IV, 20 ff.; Concluding Unscientific Postscript, pp. 417-27.
295 “to persuade men”] II Corinthians 5:11.
295 in another place] I Thessalonians 2:4-6.
296 “Man is” has become “the measure of all things”] Principle of Protagoras. Plato, Cratylus, 385; Philosophical Fragments, p. 30 and note.
297 according to the accusation] Plato, Apology, 24, 25.
302 “many times and in many ways”] Hebrews 1:1.
302 the apostle John who says] I John 4:7.
304 “an eye for an eye”] Exodus 21:24.
303 the centurion from Capernaum] Matthew 8:5-13.
306 “Forgive and you will also be forgiven”] Matthew 6:14.
308 It is written] Matthew 7:3.