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Title

The heart : an analysis of human and divine affectivity / Dietrich von Hildebrand ; edited by John Henry Crosby ; preface by John Haldane ; "presentation" by John F. Crosby.

Author

Von Hildebrand, Dietrich, 1889-1977.

Publication

South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustine's Press, in association with the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project, 2007.

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Additional Authors

Crosby, John Henry.

Description

xx, 140 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Out of print for nearly thirty years, this new edition of The Heart is the first of several von Hildebrand's works to be published by St. Augustine's Press in collaboration with Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project." "The Heart was selected as the first work to be republished because it is an accessible yet important philosophical contribution. Von Hildebrand is here concerned with rehabilitating the affective life of the human person. He thinks that for too long philosophers have held it in suspicion and thought of it as much inferior to the intellect and will, whereas in reality the heart, the center of affectivity, is just as important a center of personal life as intellect and will. Von Hildebrand develops the idea that affectivity, rather than tending away from an objective relation to things, is in fact necessary for a fully objective relation to the world. Von Hildebrand also shows that the heart is "in many respects is more the real self of the person than his intellect or will." At the same time, von Hildebrand shows full realism about the possible deformities of affective life; he analyzes what he calls affective atrophy and affective hypertrophy. The second half of The Heart makes the philosophical analysis fruitful for our understanding of the affectivity of the God-Man. Here readers will not only find important contributions of theology and spiritually but also an illuminating re-reading of familiar Scriptural passages."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Sacred Heart, Devotion to

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Why I founded the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project / John Henry Crosby -- Edmund Husserl's evaluation of Dietrich von Hildebrand's doctoral dissertation : presented and translated by John F. Crosby -- Pt. I. The human heart -- Ch. 1. The role of the heart -- Ch. 2. Non-spiritual and spiritual affectivity -- Ch. 3. Tender affectivity -- Ch. 4. Hypertrophy of the heart -- Ch. 5. Affective atrophy -- Ch. 6. Heartlessness -- Ch. 7. The tyrannical heart -- Ch. 8. The heart as the real self -- Pt. II. The heart of Jesus -- Ch. 1. The affectivity of the God-man -- Ch. 2. The mystery of the sacred heart -- Pt. III. The human heart transformed -- Ch. 1. The heart of the true Christian -- Ch. 2. Amare in Deo -- App. Introduction to the 1965/77 Edition of The heart / Dietrich von Hildebrand -- Dietrich von Hildebrand, 1889-1977.

ISBN

• 158731357X (hardbound : alk. paper)
• 9781587313578 (hardbound : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2006034943
• R6-635553

OCLC

• OCM74915410
• SCSB-5326832

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries