Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (876 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 074255953X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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: Edth Stein nursed dying soldiers and probed the philosophical depths of "empathy" In 2006 appeared Notre Dame University philosophy professor Alasdair MacInyre's EDITH STEIN: A PHILOSOPHICAL PROLOGUE, 1913 - 1922. It covers ten years (ages 21 - 31) in the life of Edith Stein (1891 - 19: Edth Stein nursed dying soldiers and probed the philosophical depths of "empathy" T. Patrick Killough In 2006 appeared Notre Dame University philosophy professor Alasdair MacInyre's EDITH STEIN: A PHILOSOPHICAL PROLOGUE, 1913 - 1922. It covers ten years (ages 21 - 31) in the life of Edith Stein (1891 - 1942). She was born Jewish, grew up in Silesian Breslau as a Prussian citizen, stopped practicing her faith as an early teenager, plunged into the secular life of the mind, became a philosopher of no little renown, a translator, teacher and advocate of women's rights. In 1922 she was baptized a Roman Catholic. In 1933, aged 42, she became a Carmelite nun. In 1950, she an. 2). She was born Jewish, grew up in Silesian Breslau as a Prussian citizen, stopped practicing her faith as an early teenager, plunged into the secular life of the mind, became a philosopher of no little renown, a translator, teacher and advocate of women's rights. In 1922 she was baptized a Roman Catholic. In 1933, aged : Edth Stein nursed dying soldiers and probed the philosophical depths of "empathy" T. Patrick Killough In 2006 appeared Notre Dame University philosophy professor Alasdair MacInyre's EDITH STEIN: A PHILOSOPHICAL PROLOGUE, 1913 - 1922. It covers ten years (ages 21 - 31) in the life of Edith Stein (1891 - 1942). She was born Jewish, grew up in Silesian Breslau as a Prussian citizen, stopped practicing her faith as an early teenager, plunged into the secular life of the mind, became a philosopher of no little renown, a translator, teacher and advocate of women's rights. In 1922 she was baptized a Roman Catholic. In 1933, aged 42, she became a Carmelite nun. In 1950, she an. 2, she became a Carmelite nun. In 1950, she an. German in training and writing typical for a German thinker is amazed at the brevity and the disciplined approach to her Joseph N Aquilina Anyone who reads Dr. Stein Jewish or Gentile German or other nationality is touched by the humility, linear thinking servant of God. Her very developed philosophical mind, German in training and writing typical for a German thinker is amazed at the brevity and the disciplined approach to her subject matter. Having served in the U.S. Army of occupation when I did not know a word of German and later attended one of the mostprestigious German university where I mastered the language but St. Edith Stein makes me feel very humble at her mastery of her native language as wel. Tough Read Good, very difficult reading, not the subject matter or the style, just difficult. A good book though if you'd like to learn more her writings. Good introduction to her thought, but her thought is complex.
He is the author of nine books, including the influential After Virtue, Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry, and A Short History of Ethics. . Alasdair MacIntyre is senior research professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, IN
Very enriching for the reader. Nevertheless it opens the eyes to the interest of Stein's early work and its context within the still too obscure world of Continental philosophy. (Robert E. For anyone with a serious interest in Edith as a philosopher - or those with philosophical interests wanting to know more about early 20th-century phenomenology - then this will be required reading. Robert Sokolowski, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.) . Woodward, Contributing Editor, Newsweek)A remarkable intellectual biography that ends, rather than begins, with Stein's conversion. (Kenneth L. (Fr. His study of Stein's conversion and those of Reinach (to Protestantism), Rosenzweig (to Judaism) and Lukács (to Marxism) helps us understand the differe
His treatment of Stein demonstrates how philosophy can form a person and not simply be an academic formulation in the abstract. To accomplish this, he offers a concise survey of her context, German philosophy in the first decades of the twentieth century. Renowned philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre here presents a fascinating account of Edith Stein's formative development as a philosopher. Written with a clarity that reaches beyond an academic audience, this book will reward careful study by anyone interested in Edith Stein as thinker, pioneer and saint.. Born into a devout