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Edith Stein
Writing on empathy and human experience before becoming a Carmelite nun and a victim of the Holocaust.
On the Problem of Empathy · Finite and Eternal Being
- Born
- 12 October 1891
- Birthplace
- Wrocław, Poland
- Died
- 9 August 1942
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Edith Stein
Edith Stein was a German philosopher who worked in phenomenology and later explored its relationship with Christian thought.
Early life
Jewish upbringing
Grew up in a Jewish family in Breslau, now Wrocław.
Philosophical training
Studied at Breslau and Göttingen, becoming a student of Edmund Husserl.
Career
- 1916
Doctorate
Completed her research on empathy.
- 1916–1918
Husserl’s assistant
Helped prepare philosophical manuscripts.
- 1933
Carmelite life
Entered a convent in Cologne after exclusion from teaching under Nazi rule.
Selected work
On the Problem of Empathy
Examines how people encounter another person’s experience.
Finite and Eternal Being
Published posthumously, connecting phenomenology and metaphysics.
The Science of the Cross
Published her unfinished study of John of the Cross.
Beyond work
Wartime nursing
Volunteered in a military hospital during the First World War.
Persecution
Was deported from the Netherlands and murdered at Auschwitz because of her Jewish ancestry.
Sources & photo credit
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