Category: Literature

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  On Knowledge and Faith: The Philosophy of Edith Stein, Edmund Husserl & Thomas Aquinas

  June 11, 2019

  Literature, Philosophy

  consciousness, Hagiography, history, Metaphysics, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Religion, Saints, Spirituality, Theology

  Edith Stein (1891-1942), known by her religious name as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was a Jewish-German philosopher, Carmelite mystic, nun, and martyr who lived during the tumultuous period of Nazi occupation in Europe. According to the New World Encyclopedia, her martyrdom preceded some pretty nasty political retaliation:             [T]he Dutch Bishops’ Conference had…