The Philosophy of Edith Stein

Published in 2007 | 151 pages | paper | ISBN: 978-0-8207-0399-2 Reviews: “Calcagno’s clarity of thinking, combined with his focused laying out of arguments, makes this book a pleasure to read, while the thought-provoking questions bring [Stein’s] own insights to bear on the problems of today, showing her works to be relevant to all times and a potential springboard for further philosophical endeavor. Hers is truly a living philosophy.” — Mount Carmel: A Review of the Spiritual Life “This work presents an excellent cross-section of Stein's writings and demonstrates the timelessness and relevance of her ideas for contemporary philosophical scholarship.” — University Press Books “Calcagno's book is a thorough, erudite, and sometimes poignant exegesis of the thinking of a gifted philosopher. He illustrates Stein's penetrating and insightful observations, her resistance of the disorder inherent in modern thinking brought about by the Enlightenment project and later philosophers, and her e