Being unfolded : Edith Stein on the meaning of being /
From Edith Stein's comment that "being is the unfolding of meaning," the author contends that her understanding of the term is relational and thus resistant to both existentialism and essentialism. He tests his hypothesis against Stein's three modes of being (actual, essential an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Catholic University of America Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | From Edith Stein's comment that "being is the unfolding of meaning," the author contends that her understanding of the term is relational and thus resistant to both existentialism and essentialism. He tests his hypothesis against Stein's three modes of being (actual, essential and mental) from both phenomenological and scholastic perspectives. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 268 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813232584 0813232589 |