Israel Levin (1810-83) 2. Forfatterskabets anden fase
The Second Phase of Writing

"Der var Tider, da jeg var hos ham indtil otte Timer om Dagen, engang spiste jeg hos ham hver Dag i 5 Uger," beretter Levin i et tilbageblik på tiden omkring tilblivelsen af Stadier paa Livets Vei, hvori navnlig "In vino veritas" drillede: "Vi var nær aldrig blevne færdige med Modehandlerens Tale, saadan blev den rettet og rettet." Levin var filolog, litterat, oversætter og udgiver, men også kendt som kværulant, solderist og kvindehader. Ved sin død efterlod han sig en samling på 150.000 sedler med forarbejder til en ordbog; disse udgør en vigtig del at grundlaget for Ordbog over Det danske Sprog, hvori der meget forståeligt hyppigt henvises til Kierkegaard. Israel Levin "There were times when I spent up to eight hours a day with him. Once for five weeks I dined at his house every day," Levin reported in a glance back at the time when Stages on Life's Way was being written, in which particularly "In vino veritas" created problems: "What with all the corrections, and yet more corrections, we almost never finished 'The Discourse of the Ladies' Tailor'". Levin was a philologist, literary man, translator and publisher, but also known as cantankerous, a toper and misogynist. At his death he left a collection of 150,000 notes which made up the preparations for a dictionary; these are an important part of the foundation of the major Danish dictionary, in which, quite understanbly, there are frequent references to Kierkegaard.

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