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published on January 5, 2024
Piotr Janik
https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq202413224
Edith Stein¡¯s Approach to the Empathy Due to a Presence
The uniqueness of Edith Stein¡¯s approach to lived experience emerges only in light of intentionality as reasonableness. The ¡°personal touch¡± or authentic affectivity means in this context one¡¯s own ¡°living body¡± in regard to a threefold dimension of the human experiencing: the personal, the humanistic, and the spiritual, and seems to echo those of Immanuel Kant¡¯s, i.e., the soul, the world and God. Consequently, not whatever kind of own¡¯s commitment is at stake. Moreover, no less important is the role of community and its various types. For sure, Stein¡¯s genuine account is found in dialogue with the phenomenologists of her time. It paves the way toward a community of life and life itself. Therefore, it seems to be possible to some extend to accord Stein¡¯s account with contemporary discussions of the meaning of life and ¡°a fundamental transformation of human existence.¡±