Edith Stein's Finite and Eternal Being

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By Sarah Borden Sharkey

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Although still unpublished when Edith Stein was killed in Auschwitz, Stein's philosophical magnum opus was finally published in a complete form in 2009 and recently re-translated into English. This guide provides a sure-footed introduction to Stein's vision of the meaning of being, including contextual essays and a detailed synopsis.

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Part One: Contextual Essays

Essay I: The Structure, Method, and Argumentation of Finite and Eternal Being

Essay II: Sources and Context for Finite and Eternal Being

Essay III: The Significance of Finite and Eternal Being

Part Two: Synopsis of Finite and Eternal Being

Foreword

Chapter One: Introduction: The Question of Being

Chapter Two: Act and Potency as Ways-of-Being

Chapter Three: Essential and Actual Being

Chapter Four: Essence - essentia, - Substance, Form, and Matter

Chapter Five: Be-ing as Such (Transcendentals)

Chapter Six: The Meaning of Being

Chapter Seven: The Image of the Trinity in Creation

Chapter Eight: The Meaning and Foundation of Individual-Being

Appendix I: Martin Heidegger's Philosophy of Existence

Appendix II: Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle

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